Over the past several years this blog has frequently addressed the many problems caused by contaminated duodenoscopes. According to a recent study, data from three major hospitals documented the fact...

Have Modular Instruments Lowered Surgical Infection Rates? Part II In Part I of this blog we looked at how a number of surgical instrument companies introduced ‘modular’ instruments that could...

What Does An Instrument Manufacturer Have To Do To Validate Their Cleaning IFUs? (Part III) In Part I of this blog post, we discussed the FDA’s mandate that all reusable medical...