HIV and hepatitis are among the serious diseases that more than 1,800 veterans may have been exposed to after having dental work done at a Missouri VA hospital, reports CNN.com.
Hospital officials at the John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis told CNN the exposures resulted when dental technicians ignored safety protocols by handwashing tools before putting them in cleaning machines. Congressman Russ Carnahan (D-MO) is calling the failure “unacceptable” and demanding an investigation into the exposures.
There seems to be a lot of this going around. A recent study we blogged about here recently sounded the alarm about lax infection control procedures at some of the nation’s outpatient surgical centers.
If you or someone you love has been the victim of medical malpractice, you may have rights.