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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced it has reviewed Olympus’s updated, validated manual reprocessing instructions for its TJF-160F ...

Olympus, a major manufacturer of duodenoscopes that have been linked to the spread of infection, has issued a voluntary recall asking all organizations to return a certain style of duodenoscope for ...

Duodenoscopes are intricate, snakelike instruments used in more than 500,000 procedures each year in the U.S. The trouble is, they’re made up of many tiny, moving parts and are difficult to properly ...

CENTER VALLEY, PA (May 6, 2010) -- Olympus, a precision technology leader, designing and delivering innovative solutions in medical and surgical products, today announced the launch of the OER-Pro, ...

Olympus Corp. will voluntarily recall and redesign its duodenoscope, a medical device that has been associated with a series of outbreaks across the globe in which patients were infected with ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...

Faced with superbug outbreaks in three countries by early 2013, Japanese device giant Olympus Corp. told U.S. executives not to issue a broad warning to American hospitals about potentially deadly ...

A few years back, Olympus came under fire as its duodenoscope was tied to a series of outbreaks across the world in which patients were infected with potentially deadly bacteria. The company’s ...

Reporting from Seattle — Three executives from Japan loom large in a cramped courtroom here — at least their photos do, mounted on a white poster board propped in front of the jury. “They were the key ...