Health officials reportedly determined this week that a California hospital broke state law by not quickly reporting a deadly outbreak last year caused by dirty scopes. California law requires hospitals to report an “occurrence of any unusual disease” or “any outbreaks of disease” within 24 hours to local health officials. The investigation blamed the device’s “hard to clean” design as well as hospital errors for the deadly outbreak. The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday the letter comes after an investigation into Pasadena’s Huntington Hospital into the outbreak which killed 11 and sickened 16 other patients. The report revealed that the hospital was using compressed air from Office Depot to dry the scopes.

Source: Fox News June 03, 2016 04:30 UTC