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 ...

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 new instrument provides physicians and surgeons with real-time 3D visualization of the colonoscope position and configuration, according to a news release. Ther ScopeGuide technology works by ...

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 ...

A superbug outbreak at a foreign health facility has been linked to Olympus-made duodenoscopes that were recently redesigned to prevent such infections, according to the Los Angeles Times. In the U.S.

Earlier this year Olympus Corp. (“Olympus”) announced that it would recall and redesign its TJF-Q180V duodenoscope following its link to deadly patient infections in the United States and abroad. This ...

Nearly two years before superbug outbreaks hit UCLA and Cedars-Sinai medical centers, the maker of the scopes involved was already warning hospitals in Europe about the risk of such patient infections ...

A federal lawmaker is seeking details from the Center Valley manufacturer of medical scopes that have been linked to several “superbug” bacteria outbreaks at U.S. hospitals. U.S. Rep. Ted Lieu, ...