Pt underwent ercp for pancreatitis on (b)(6).Unfortunately, pt developed bacteremia with carbapenem resistant klebsiella soon afterwards.After investigation by clinical epidemiology and infection prevention (and eventually the (b)(6)) it was determined that this pt was the index case in an outbreak of cre after ercp (total of 8 patients thus far).The scopes were cleaned in accordance to the mfr's guidelines and no defects were found in the processing of the scopes or the scopes themselves.We believe, based on our investigation, that the infection were the result of inadequate cleaning guidelines from the scope mfr or a scope design flaw that does not allow us to clean these scopes adequately despite recommended processing.Dates of use: (b)(6) 2014.Diagnosis or reason for use: pancreatitis.(b)(4).
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