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WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of medical scopes that have been linked to two recent “superbug” outbreaks at California hospitals has issued new cleaning instructions for the devices amid scrutiny from ...

Approved disinfection procedures are ineffective at rendering medical scopes free of infectious bacteria, according to a seven month study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Of ...

Amid rising concerns about superbug outbreaks linked to contaminated medical scopes, federal regulators are demanding more rigorous testing of the machines used to clean the devices — and cracking ...

Cleaning instructions for medical scopes linked with "superbug" outbreaks contained flaws that render their unreliable, according to a senior official with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The ...

(USA TODAY) -- Amid rising concerns about superbug outbreaks linked to contaminated medical scopes, federal regulators are demanding more rigorous testing of the machines used to clean the devices — ...