The following article is written by Matt Smith, marketing analyst for Healthmark Industries Co. Cross contamination from flexible endoscopes remains one most health technology-related hazards. Every ...

Potentially harmful bacteria can survive on endoscopes used to examine the interior of the digestive tract, despite a multi-step cleaning and disinfecting process, according to a study published in ...

Potentially harmful bacteria can survive on endoscopes used to examine the interior of the digestive tract, despite a multi-step cleaning and disinfecting process, according to a study. Potentially ...

The medical endoscope manufacturer linked to several recent outbreaks of drug-resistant bacteria released new recommended procedures Thursday for reprocessing its devices that federal regulators say ...

Ambulatory surgery centers are considered high-quality sites of care, and many centers with gastroenterology conduct their own endoscope reprocessing. They have small staffs with checks-and-balances ...

The First Step Flexible Endoscope Bedside Pre-Clean Kit from Cygnus Medical enables GI surgery centers to removing visible bioburden after a procedure — an essential first step in the reprocessing of ...

CENTER VALLEY, PA (May 6, 2010) -- Olympus, a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, today announced the launch of the OER-Pro, ...

Uijeongbu Eulji University Hospital (Director Song Hyun) announced on June 16 that it will be the first in Korea to introduce the advanced endoscope cleaning equipment, UltraZonic ENDO. This equipment ...

U.S. health officials on Thursday issued a safety warning on a specialty endoscope that has been linked to the transmission of a drug-resistant superbug known as carbapenem-resistant ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – A local veteran, who learned about unsanitary endoscopes not from his doctor, but from the news, on Thursday worried what he may have been exposed to. Scott Frank was a military police ...