Gastroenterologists and device safety experts say stepped-up patient safety measures are needed for all medical devices in the wake of a Senate report that detailed the global scale of multidrug-resistant infections in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).
Between 2012 and 2015, 250 patients in 25 incidents worldwide were sickened as a result of antibiotic-resistant infections linked to the use of closed-channel duodenoscopes, according to the Senate