GI & Endoscopy

Here are four recent news updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

The American Gastroenterological Association honored Richard Boland, MD, with the 2016 Julius Friedenwald Medal.

A Pasadena Public Health Department report found the drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria from duendoscopes infected 16 patients at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, from January 2013 to August 2015, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

The FDA is asking clinicians to warn patients about serious bleeding as a possible side effect to taking over-the-counter antacids that contain aspirin, according to Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News.

Odessa, Texas-bsaed Medical Center Hospital is adding gastroenterologist Sindu Kaitha, MD, to its team, according to OA Online.

James H. Grendell, MD, is the chief of the gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition division at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. He is also the director of the Center for Pancreatic Disease at Winthrop-University Hospital.

Olympus introduced the FDA-cleared EZ Shot 3 Plus single use aspiration needle.

Seven patients who received an injection procedure as part of prolotherapy contracted hepatitis C, leading to the closure of the clinic, according to Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

Mercy Health-Fairfield (Ohio) Hospital will begin a $14 million renovation to improve care for patients undergoing inpatient and outpatient endoscopies, according to Journal-News.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and American College of Gastroenterology recommended a 5 percent increase in overall and sex-specific adenoma detection rates, and new research presented at the 2016 Southeastern Surgical Congress in Atlanta found surgery residents are able…