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Olympus Bronchoscope
Widely Used Sterilizer Under Attack
Jan 22, 2003
| USA Today
A system widely used by hospitals to clean medical scopes between patients may not provide adequate sterilization, say hospital officials in...
AGH Blames Bronchoscope Cleaning Machine
Jan 21, 2003
| Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Two problems with a bronchoscope cleaning machine used in hospitals across the country were the probable cause of a bacterial outbreak in October at...
Faster Recall of Medical Devices Urged
Jan 16, 2003
| The Baltimore Sun
Doctors at the Johns Hopkins Hospital who traced a bacterial outbreak to a defective medical device say the problem might have been averted by a...
Better Recall System Needed For Medical Equipment
Jan 15, 2003
| HealthScoutNews
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to improve its recall policies for faulty medical equipment, claims an article in tomorrow's issue...
Latrobe Area Hospital Sued For $90M
Jan 2, 2003
| www.thepittsburghchannel.com
A Westmoreland County woman filed a lawsuit Monday seeking more than $90 million because she was examined with a defective medical instrument. Anne...
Recall Tangles Hopkins Patient's Recovery
Mar 10, 2002
| The Baltimore Sun
Frances L. Pittman waited a year for her lung. She remembers feeling elated when she got a phone call at dawn three years ago and learned that an...
Infection Risk a Recurring Problem for Lung Scopes
Mar 7, 2002
| HealthScoutNews
The airway instruments now embroiled in a messy recall over their infection threat to patients have long been known to offer harmful bacteria a...
Bronchoscopes Likely Weren't Clean
Mar 6, 2002
| AP
The Japanese manufacturer of a medical device suspected of spreading potentially life-threatening bacteria at a U.S. hospital said Wednesday that...
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