FDA Recommends Broader Use Of Single-Use Bronchoscopes

The single-use scopes should be used in lieu of reprocessed devices when a significant infection risk exists, the US agency says.

Health care providers should use single-use bronchoscopes instead of reprocessed ones when there’s a high risk of infection, the US Food and Drug Administration said in new recommendations issued on 25 June.

The recommendations update a 2015 safety communication on the best practices for decontaminating reprocessed flexible bronchoscopes. At the time, the...