Olympus Gets Another FDA Warning Letter for Failing to Address Duodenoscope Complaints
The FDA has issued another warning letter to Olympus Medical, indicating the company has ignored complaints over problems with its duodenoscopes.
The FDA has issued another warning letter to Olympus Medical, indicating the company has ignored complaints over problems with its duodenoscopes.
A new study appears to confirm the effectiveness of disposable elevator caps in preventing duodenoscopes from passing infections from one patient to another.
The FDA has issued warning letters to Olympus over a failure to meet quality control requirements, including reporting of complaints, involving its endoscope products.
A new study finds that adverse events in hospitals have declined over the last decade, but still finds much work needs to be done to improve patient safety.
The FDA has issued new warnings and announced new recalls linked to the use of heater-cooler devices used in heart surgery and the risk of potentially deadly infections.
The CDC warns of an outbreak of a nearly untreatable fungal infection in hospitals and nursing homes in Texas and D.C.
The FDA is recommending health care professionals use disposable bronchoscopes in some situations following a significant increase in reports of infections linked to the medical devices in recent years.
The FDA warns that every heater-cooler system on the market has been linked to NTM infections, following reports linked to the CardioQuip MCH.
A new study challenges the belief that all catheter-associated urinary tract infections could be avoidable.
The FDA is warning that fecal transplants can lead to the transmission of potentially deadly pathogens following reports of four hospitalizations and two deaths.