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Omproper cleaning of endoscopy devices can transmit disease and the threat of becoming infected by an endoscope is on the rise. According to the Los Angeles Times, “the California Department of Health Services has issued warnings to 1,000 hospitals and clinics statewide about the use of undisenfected probes in routine colon exams. The flexible hose-like probes -- known as bronchoscopes, sigmoidoscopes and colonoscopes, depending on what part of the body they examine -- use a fiber-optic lens to allow doctors to peer inside the throat, lungs and other parts of the body without surgery. They are used 15 million times a year by various medical providers.

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