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Latest Update on COVID-19 and the Vaccines

America has entered a whole new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of January 8, 2021, over 2 million U.S. citizens have been vaccinated with the Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine or with...
January 11, 2021
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FDA Announces EUA for Second COVID-19 Vaccine

On Friday, December 18, 2020 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a second vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 to Moderna. This...
December 21, 2020
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Breaking News on COVID-19 Vaccines

On Friday, November 20, 2020, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted a request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization for their coronavirus vaccine candidate. This request...
November 21, 2020
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Scope News

Duodenoscopes Updates I: In April of this year the FDA issued its latest Safety Communication on duodenoscopes. The patient infection risks that are caused by the cleaning and sterilization challenges...
August 19, 2019
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Improper Reprocessing

Thousands Of Patients Potentially Exposed To HIV & Hepatitis Due To Improper Instrument Reprocessing Thousands of patients were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis in an ambulatory surgery center in...
January 11, 2019
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Implant Recall

Class I Recall Due to Lack of Cleaning Validation                                           ...
December 10, 2018
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Surgery Cancelled

Hospital Forced To Cancel Surgeries Due To Discolored Instruments A hospital had to cancel surgeries this month due to discolored surgical instruments. Earlier this year a hospital in Colorado had to...
November 22, 2018
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Instrument Biofilm

Biofilm Was Probable Cause Of Contaminated Instruments At Hospital Last month we examined the initial news report on a hospital that had a large outbreak of contaminated surgical instruments (Novo...
June 28, 2018
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Reducing SSIs

Surgical Site Infections Dropped 61% In Patients Following Colorectal Surgery Surgical site infections (SSIs) dropped 61% over two years in patients undergoing colorectal operations in Hawaiian hospitals who were participating...
June 14, 2018
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FDA Alert: Connectors

FDA Alert: Risk of cross-contamination from 24-hour multi-patient use endoscope connectors to healthcare facilities performing gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures (April 18, 2018) The FDA is alerting healthcare providers and facilities about the...
April 20, 2018
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