V.A. Hospital Patients Test Positive for Hepatitis – 18 So Far – Colonoscopy Tests with equipment not properly disinfected
Posted May 03 2009 10:48pm
The problems arose when proper disinfectant procedures were not followed, thus exposing patients to Hepatitis and HIV. In a related post, Cuba has a vaccine for Hepatitis B, see the related reading below. Are we missing out on this in the US? It may be too late for the patients who had a colonoscopy procedure during the 5 year span. Around 10,000 patients have been notified to have the Hepatitis and HIV tests. BD
MURFREESBORO, Tenn.- The Veterans Affairs office now reveals 18 people treated at the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro have tested positive for Hepatitis.
All of those people got colonoscopies at the Alvin C. York Medical. The Veterans Affairs office now reveals 18 people treated at the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro have tested positive for Hepatitis.The Veterans Affairs office now reveals 18 people treated at the V.A. Hospital in Murfreesboro have tested positive for Hepatitis.v Center between April 2003 and December 2008.
The problems arose when proper disinfectant procedures were not followed, thus exposing patients to Hepatitis and HIV. In a related post, Cuba has
a vaccine for Hepatitis B, see the related reading below. Are we missing out on this in the US? It may be too late for the patients who had a colonoscopy procedure during the 5 year span. Around 10,000 patients have been notified to have the Hepatitis and HIV tests. BD
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