Medical scopes still causing superbug infections and deaths, FDA says

(CNN)Three people died and 45 people developed infections from contaminated endoscopes, the US Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

The reports of contamination are with a side-viewing duodenoscope used for a medical procedure called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography or ERCP. “These flexible lighted scopes are vital for minimally invasive procedures to diagnose and treat conditions of the pancreas and bile duct,” said Dr. Jeff Shuren, director of the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

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