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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Olympus Corp. announced on Friday that it will voluntarily recall and redesign its specialized medical scopes that have been linked to a number of deadly superbug outbreaks in the U.S. The company is ...

Industry giant Olympus was ordered to pay damages to the hospital where a patient died of an infection linked to a contaminated scope. Jurors also found the hospital negligent, and it was ordered to ...

A jury ordered giant medical scope maker Olympus Corp. to pay a Seattle hospital $6.6 million in damages tied to a deadly superbug outbreak, and told the hospital to pay $1 million to a deceased ...

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 jury ordered the giant medical scope maker Olympus Corp. to pay a Seattle hospital $6.6 million in damages tied to a deadly superbug outbreak — and told the hospital to pay $1 million to a deceased ...