The number of infections from contaminated duodenoscopes is much higher than previously reported, according to a congressional investigation.
The FDA recently revealed after a yearlong investigation that as many as 350 patients at 41 facilities in the United States and overseas have been infected by tainted scopes between Jan. 1, 2010, and Oct. 31, 2015.
“It’s really disturbing that the number of patients harmed and the number of facilities where this happened keeps rising,”