Disinfection

Single-Use Duodenoscopes for ERCP

In recent years, outbreaks of infections with duodenoscope-associated multidrug-resistant organisms have increased ...

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Improving Duodenoscope-Related Infection Control Requires a Multipronged Approach

Drug-resistant infections associated with duodenoscopes can occur during endoscopic retrograde ...

APRIL 20, 2021

New ‘Test Article’ for Visualizing Scope Drying Shows Flaws in Usual Practices

The common method of flushing an endoscope with alcohol and hanging it in an ambient storage cabinet does not dry ...

APRIL 7, 2021

When a Cough Can Kill: How Hospital HVACs Fight COVID-19

At a hospital in Wuhan, China, a group of investigators swiped swabs over high-touch areas such as computer mice, ...

JULY 14, 2020

Can Sink Design Drain Infection Control Efforts?

When it comes to preventing hospital-acquired infections, washing your hands is rule No. 1. But new evidence shows ...

APRIL 20, 2020

Which Flexible Scopes Really Need Sterilization?

In March 2013, providers at an Illinois hospital were concerned. A patient with no history of foreign travel tested ...

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Meet Hypochlorous Water: the Cleaning Agent of the Future

This is not ordinary water, of course, but a fluid that has been electrochemically activated. “The ...

APRIL 18, 2018

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