Patients all over the United States are being infected with deadly bacteria after undergoing procedures involving duodenoscopes. Most recently, an outbreak has been reported in Wisconsin where 5 people were infected with the 'Superbug'. The infected patients contracted NDM1, a subgroup of CRE bacteria, after undergoing the relatively common ERCP procedure at the Wisconsin facility. After examination by a third party infection prevention expert, the facility has been processing endoscopes according to the current reprocessing guidelines.
Similarly, 281 patients from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut have been contacted after the hospital determined that they may have been exposed to a strain of E. coli which, like the CRE bacteria is resistant to some drugs. The hospital has since taken 2 endoscopes out of service as they believe they are to blame for the transmission of the bacteria. The hospital believes that the duodenoscope model they were using for endoscopy procedures are to blame because of how difficult they are to clean.
To read more about these two recently reported outbreaks click here, or here.
Similarly, 281 patients from Hartford Hospital in Connecticut have been contacted after the hospital determined that they may have been exposed to a strain of E. coli which, like the CRE bacteria is resistant to some drugs. The hospital has since taken 2 endoscopes out of service as they believe they are to blame for the transmission of the bacteria. The hospital believes that the duodenoscope model they were using for endoscopy procedures are to blame because of how difficult they are to clean.
To read more about these two recently reported outbreaks click here, or here.
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