Advances in minimally invasive surgery have enabled patients to visit outpatient gastrointestinal facilities for procedures rather than hospital operating rooms. Infection prevention is a top priority ...

Olympus has issued updated manual reprocessing instructions for duodenoscopes that were linked to a rash of superbug infections, prompting a recall of the medical devices, earlier this year. The FDA ...

The FDA announced it has reviewed Olympus’s updated, validated manual reprocessing instructions for its TJF-160F and TJF-160VF duodenoscope models, and recommends facilities using the devices ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...

Two days after a Senate committee released a report stating the manufacturer of 85 percent of endoscopes used in the United States knew the hard-to-clean reusable devices caused superbug infections, ...

Duodenoscopes are intricate, snakelike instruments used in more than 500,000 procedures each year in the U.S. The trouble is, they’re made up of many tiny, moving parts and are difficult to properly ...

CENTER VALLEY, Pa., May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Olympus, a global technology leader in designing and delivering innovative solutions for medical and surgical procedures, among other core businesses, ...

Olympus, a major manufacturer of duodenoscopes that have been linked to the spread of infection, has issued a voluntary recall asking all organizations to return a certain style of duodenoscope for ...

Olympus Corp. will voluntarily recall and redesign its duodenoscope, a medical device that has been associated with a series of outbreaks across the globe in which patients were infected with ...

Olympus showcases its scopes at a Washington, D.C., medical conference in May 2015. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times) Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device ...

A few years back, Olympus came under fire as its duodenoscope was tied to a series of outbreaks across the world in which patients were infected with potentially deadly bacteria. The company’s ...