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02-19-2015, 02:13 AM #1
100+ Patients at Ronald Reagan Medical Center Exposed To Superbug Bacteria
100+ Patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center May Have Been Exposed To Potentially Deadly 'Superbug' Bacteria
Posted: Feb 18, 2015 4:24 PM PST Updated: Feb 18, 2015 5:55 PM PST Posted by: FOX 11 Web Staff
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than 100 patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center may have been exposed to a potentially deadly "superbug" bacteria, hospital officials said today.
Seven UCLA patients have been infected by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, or CRE, bacteria, and it may have been "a contributing factor in the death of two patients," according to a statement provided to City News Service by the UCLA Health System.
Hospital officials said they are in the process of notifying potentially affected patients.
The potential exposure occurred "during complex endoscopic procedures that took place between October 2014 and January 2015."
"The patients are being offered a free home testing kit that would be analyzed at UCLA," according to the hospital.
According to UCLA, scopes used in the procedures were sterilized according to manufacturer specifications, however, "an internal investigation determined that (the bacteria) may have been transmitted during a procedure that uses this specialized scope to diagnose and treat pancreaticobiliary diseases and a contributing factor in the death of two patients."
Hospital officials said similar exposures to CRE have been reported at other U.S. hospitals that use the same type of scopes.
"The two scopes involved with the infection were immediately removed and UCLA is now utilizing a decontamination process that goes above and beyond the manufacturer and national standards," according to UCLA. "Both the Los Angeles County Department of Health and the California Department of Public Health were notified as soon as the bacteria were detected."
According to UCLA, CRE is a family of bacteria that is resistant to many common antibiotics. The bacteria can cause infections in patients who have other serious medical problems or who are "undergoing operations or other invasive procedures," hospital officials said.
Here's the UCLA Health System Statement:
The UCLA Health System is in the process of notifying more than 100 patients that they may have been infected by a "superbug" bacteria during complex endoscopic procedures that took place between October 2014 and January 2015. The patients are being offered a free home testing kit that would be analyzed at UCLA. UCLA sterilized the scopes according to the standards stipulated by the manufacturer. However, an internal investigation determined that carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) bacteria, may have been transmitted during a procedure that uses this specialized scope to diagnose and treat pancreaticobiliary diseases and a contributing factor in the death of two patients. A total of seven patients were infected. Similar CRE exposures using the same type of scope recently have been reported in other hospitals in the United States. The two scopes involved with the infection were immediately removed and UCLA is now utilizing a decontamination process that goes above and beyond the manufacturer and national standards. Both the Los Angeles County Department of Health and the California Department of Public Health were notified as soon as the bacteria were detected.
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