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Risk of Exposure to CJD Via Endoscopy Requires Further Study

Researchers from Geneva, Switzerland describe the case of a 68-year-old male with autopsy-confirmed sporadic Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease (CJD) who had undergone two colonoscopies prior to this diagnosis.The involved endoscopy center had multiple colonoscopes and gastroscopes ...More
July 25, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Manual Cleaning, Use of AER for Scopes Ensures Prevention of Transmissible Organisms

The growing prevalence of infectious diseases among patients, including HIV infection, increases the risk of transmission of an infection during endoscopic procedures. In 2009, the first three cases of HIV transmission through colonoscopy were reported in the U.S. ...More
July 25, 2011
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization