EndoNurse Magazine

Infection

Local and National Updates on Hepatitis Outbreak

Las Vegas media have provided insight into the local fallout from the hepatitis C scare. See below for a list of links to this coverage.Insurance Carriers Drop Clinics Tied to Hepatitis Scarewww.lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=8084700Angry Patients Vent to Lawmakers Over ...More
April 11, 2008
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
AANA Condemns Unsafe Injection Practices

PARK RIDGE, Ill. -- In a decisive response to recent incidents in Nevada and New York in which patients were infected with hepatitis C allegedly through the reuse of needles and syringes, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) called on healthcare ...More
March 10, 2008
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
C diff Infection Four Times More Likely to Kill Patients With IBD

Clostridium difficile infection is four times more likely to kill patients with inflammatory bowel disease, suggests research published ahead of print in the journal Gut, dated Sept. 28, 2007. C. difficile is an important cause of diarrhea among inpatients, and the numbers ...More
October 25, 2007
Posted in News, Disorders
New Tools Used to Control Foodborne Hepatitis A Outbreaks Related to Green Onions

Novel use of genetic testing methods helped public health officials control and limit the further spread of four outbreaks of foodborne hepatitis A virus in 2003 related to the consumption of green onions, according to a detailed analysis published in the Oct. 15, 2005 ...More
September 20, 2005
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
New York State Health Department Issues Update on Seneca Lake State Park Gastrointestinal Outbreak

ALBANY, N.Y. -- State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, MD, MPH, DrPH, and State Parks Commissioner Bernadette Castro have issued an update concerning the gastrointestinal illness which has been linked to the spray park attraction at Seneca Lake State Park. The dates ...More
August 23, 2005
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues, Procedures
Computer Keyboards May Harbor Harmful Bacteria

LOS ANGELES -- Some potentially harmful bacteria can survive for prolonged periods of time on the keyboards and keyboard covers of computers, and experts advise periodic cleaning of the equipment, and hand washing after every computer use, according to information presented ...More
April 11, 2005
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
Sinusitis Patients' Voice Resonance following Endoscopic Surgery

It is estimated that some 37 million Americans suffer from allergic rhinitis and sinusitis each year. Many do not seek treatment; most find relief through prescription and over-the-counter medications. A minority of this population comes to the conclusion that medication is ...More
September 17, 2004
Posted in News, Disorders, Industry Issues
What's pestering your patients?

Your patient enters the endoscopy suite with a golden tan, sun streaked hair and the worst stomach cramps she has ever experienced. After recently returning from a dream vacation in the Caribbean, where she ate at local restaurants and stayed in a small hotel, she became ...More
August 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Disorders
Endo Nerds Unite!

While surfing the Internet to scan national newspapers, I came upon a headline that made me jump: "Hospital Says Faulty Recall May Have exposed 400 to Infection." I read the online article quickly, hurried to the printer to review the text again and furiously made interview ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues
Bronchoscope Pseudomonas Outbreak Rattles Johns Hopkins

Two pulmonary patients at Johns Hopkins Medical Center have died of pneumonia after being treated with Olympus bronchoscopes that were recalled several months prior to the procedures. The bronchoscopes were voluntarily taken off the market by the company after it was ...More
May 1, 2002
Posted in Articles, Industry Issues, Procedures