Food and Drug Administration officials on Tuesday issued additional guidelines aimed at preventing infections like those tied to tainted medical scopes at Seattle’s Virginia Mason Medical Center.
Following reports of “superbug” infections tied to contaminated medical scopes in Seattle and elsewhere, the federal Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday issued additional guidelines for hospitals to prevent the spread of potentially deadly pathogens.
In a detailed MedWatch warning, the agency suggested several specific steps to address the infections detected at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, and elsewhere. The advice followed a meeting of experts in May.