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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
