Endoscopy Patients Warned of 'Super-bug' Exposure at UCLA Medical Center

Is this article legit??? This is not applicable to celiacs!!! It's not applicable to routine endoscopy procedures as far as I can tell. What are your sources?

Most celiacs do not have this type of endoscopy. This type is used for checking bile ducts and pancreas.

This does not apply to celiac screening. How irresponsible to be posting shock articles that make people shy away from getting needed medical care. This is a different procedure and different piece of equipment than is used for an endoscopy that would be used to assess ulcers, celiac, etc. This is only used fora procedure that deals with the pancreas, so it adds a fluoroscopy, it is called Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Unless you are getting this procedure done, it is very unlikely your doctor would needlessly use this more complicated piece of equipment.

This does not apply to celiac screening. How irresponsible to be posting shock articles that make people shy away from getting needed medical care. This is a different procedure and different piece of equipment than is used for an endoscopy that would be used to assess ulcers, celiac, etc. This is only used fora procedure that deals with the pancreas, so it adds a fluoroscopy, it is called Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Unless you are getting this procedure done, it is very unlikely your doctor would needlessly use this more complicated piece of equipment.

The long process that most celiacs endure to get properly diagnosed lead many of them to get all sorts of unnecessary medical tests done--several different scopes were done on me--not just the one that diagnosed my celiac disease, so this article should be relevant to all people who may undergo such a procedure. Further, it is now breaking news that many states do not even have to report infections caused my their scopes--even when they know it. Six years ago 15 people died in FL from this: Open Original Shared Link but most people don't know due to that state's rules that protect the hospitals. It seems to me that any device that doctors and the FDA has determined to be "unsanitizable" should not be put in humans.

Most celiacs do not have this type of endoscopy. This type is used for checking bile ducts and pancreas.

Yes, but most celiacs have tons of unrelated side tests, scopes and screening done because their doctors can't figure out their issue. The average time to diagnosis is still 7 years.

Is this article legit??? This is not applicable to celiacs!!! It's not applicable to routine endoscopy procedures as far as I can tell. What are your sources?

A duodenoscope was used to confirm my celiac disease, which is mentioned in the article: Open Original Shared Link

I had had a few scopes done also. Scary!

ALL scopes are very difficult to properly clean. The rate for contaminated scopes is only slightly better for gastroscopes at 24 percent found contaminated. Compare that with 30 percent for duodenoscopes and the risks of serious infections is essentially equal for all upper GI procedures.

Celiac diagnosis is just as dangerous. Simply because it has not happened does not mean it won't. Sticking our heads in the sand until someone is infected with a chronic infection or lifelong illness in addiction to celiac is not going to improve our risks.

Here is the information posted by the Association for Professionals in Infections Control:

“In an abstract to be presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), researchers in the 3M Infection Prevention Division analyzed 275 flexible duodenoscopes, gastroscopes, and colonoscopes and found that 30 percent, 24 percent, and 3 percent respectively did not pass a cleanliness rating www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/06/3-out-of-20-scopes-harbor-bioburden-study-shows.aspx.

I refused to get the endoscopy to confirm my celiac diagnosis. A year before, our local hospital had to notify hundreds of patients that they were exposed to Aids, Hepatitis C and other deadly diseases, because they had endoscopy procedures done with improperly cleaned scopes. Many people did become ill because of it. I am so glad I passed on having the scope test. I can be totally gluten free without taking the added risk to my health from a dirty scope.

Is this article legit??? This is not applicable to celiacs!!! It's not applicable to routine endoscopy procedures as far as I can tell. What are your sources?

Tes this is legit. My friend works at UCLA, and there was also an outbreak at Cedars hospital.

ALL scopes are very difficult to properly clean. The rate for contaminated scopes is only slightly better for gastroscopes at 24 percent found contaminated. Compare that with 30 percent for duodenoscopes and the risks of serious infections is essentially equal for all upper GI procedures.

Celiac diagnosis is just as dangerous. Simply because it has not happened does not mean it won't. Sticking our heads in the sand until someone is infected with a chronic infection or lifelong illness in addiction to celiac is not going to improve our risks.

Here is the information posted by the Association for Professionals in Infections Control:

“In an abstract to be presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), researchers in the 3M Infection Prevention Division analyzed 275 flexible duodenoscopes, gastroscopes, and colonoscopes and found that 30 percent, 24 percent, and 3 percent respectively did not pass a cleanliness rating www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/06/3-out-of-20-scopes-harbor-bioburden-study-shows.aspx.

Thank you well said!

Excellent post. I am going through many of these

issues as well..