Watch Out for Endoscopes Linked to Superbug Outbreak, FDA Says

A medical device linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant superbugs at a UCLA hospital is particularly hard to clean, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. UCLA has contacted 179 people who may have been treated using a contaminated endoscope. Seven people were infected with a drug-resistant bacteria called CRE and two of them died after being treated using the devices. The scopes — flexible tubes that carry a camera and other equipment into the body through the mouth — are specifically designed for procedures called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). http://nbcnews.to/1CPHsVR http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ