Seattle Children’s Hospital has notified about 100 patients that they could have been exposed to infections after officials discovered technicians weren’t properly cleaning a colonoscopy scope.
“The risk of infection for patients is very low, but we don’t want to take any chances,” said Dr. Danielle Zerr, the hospital’s medical director for infection prevention, in a statement. “We take this type of situation very seriously and launched an investigation as soon as we discovered the…
Seattle Children’s Hospital has notified about 100 patients that they could have been exposed to infections after officials discovered technicians weren’t properly cleaning a colonoscopy scope.
“The risk of infection for patients is very low, but we don’t want to take any chances,” said Dr. Danielle Zerr, the hospital’s medical director for infection prevention, in a statement. “We take this type of situation very seriously and launched an investigation as soon as we discovered the…