Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital

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puddingebola writes From the article: “A potentially deadly “superbug” resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed. The drug-resistant superbug known as CRE was likely transmitted to the Los Angeles patients by contaminated medical scopes during endoscopic procedures that took place between October 2014 and January 2015, a university statement said. ” UCLA says the infections occurred via contaminated endoscopes that were sterilized according to the manufacturer’s specifications. (Note: beware autoplaying video ad; adjust your volume accordingly.) Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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