Infection Rates After Colonoscopy, Endoscopy: Johns Hopkins study finds some outpatient centers have infection risks 100 times higher than expected

The rates of infection following colonoscopies and upper-GI endoscopies performed at U.S. outpatient specialty centers are far higher than previously believed, according to a Johns Hopkins study published online this month in the journal Gut. Johns Hopkins researcher Susan Hutfless led a team that plumbed medical data from the year 2014 and determined that patients who underwent one ["]

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