An article on the Becker's Hospital Review website detailed five things to know about the CRE outbreak at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.
Two patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles have died after contracting carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections from improperly cleaned scopes.
The key points include:
• The infections have been linked to a specific type of scope, a duodenoscope, have since been removed from use. While the hospital had been cleaning the scopes "according to the standards stipulated by the manufacturer."
• Duodenoscopes, used in a procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, have a complicated design that makes them difficult to fully disinfect.
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