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    Default Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    This is really scary. If you live in Nevada, especially, be on guard about it... But there have been similar incidents in Nebraska and NY, and, oh, it's just awful.

    http://www.lvrj.com/news/16067972.html

    I'm currently in a developing country with minimal food safety standards and the nurses at the hospital don't wear gloves... and I've made sure, every time I get a needle stick, to watch the needle come out of the package.

    Now I'm going to do the same thing when I come back to the US.
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    That's terrible and inexcusable to put people's lives and health at risk like that.

    There was a HIV outbreak back in the 1980's in Australia from contaminated blood used during blood transfusions. I thought in present day there would be much better safety measures in place.
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    Default Re: Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    More details:

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008...uickly-clinic/

    Syringes, not needles...

    Augh.

    And the blood supply may be infected, because the screening process for blood donations asks if you're gay (even being with the same partner for 20 years, you're not allowed to donate) but not if you've had a colonoscopy, and HIV and Hep. C have a period of dormancy....
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    Default Re: Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    And the official health district investigation site--

    http://www.southernnevadahealthdistr...eaks/index.htm

    and now I'm going to bed.

    And, jaizaine, there are SUPPOSED to be better measures. From day one of medical school or nursing school it's repeated over and over -- don't re-use needles or syringes! These people are criminally stupid... I saw a remark likening it to driving the wrong way on the freeway, EVERY DAY, for four years.
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    Yeah, there's only 3 reported cases of hepatitis and no cases of hiv, though. Its crappy they put people at risk, but its not a huge outbreak. People are blowing it way out of proportion.

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    Yeah, there's only 3 reported cases of hepatitis and no cases of hiv, though. Its crappy they put people at risk, but its not a huge outbreak. People are blowing it way out of proportion.
    6 cases, and thousands and thousands of people who may be diseased.

    How the fuck is that blowing it out of proportion? I'm betting there are still hundreds of cases that are unknown.

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    Default Re: Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    A syringe would become contaminated by the backflow of blood when patients with a blood-borne disease were injected with medication, health officials said. That syringe, in turn, would be reused to withdraw medication from a different vial. That vial could become contaminated and result in infection.

    During the investigation Labus said doctors, nurses and other medical personnel at the facility were asked whether it was the norm to reuse syringes and vials.

    "They admitted, 'This is what we were told to do,' " Labus said.
    EWWWWW. This is a perfect example of being penny wise and pound foolish. It may seem like a waste to use everything once, but this story is a perfect example of shit that goes down. This is what happens when you allow medicine to be so capitalistic.
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    Yuck. I'll be way careful to see that my needles come out of a new package now, if I were to need one for any reason.

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    They reused syringes, not needles. Up to 40,000 people could have been exposed, but as far as I've heard not even one person has contracted hiv. I was just saying, its not like the aids crisis in africa or something.

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    Default Re: Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    Quote Originally Posted by LuckyOne View Post
    Yeah, there's only 3 reported cases of hepatitis and no cases of hiv, though. Its crappy they put people at risk, but its not a huge outbreak. People are blowing it way out of proportion.
    Lucky: Suppose there's a manufacturing "shortsight" defect in car with 40,000 production units that could cause momentary freezeup of steering capability, but only 3 accidents occured, none at highway speed, and none involving fatalities- do you think mfctr. should blow it off as no big deal, and overlook recalls?

    This incident is wakeup call, for anyone undergoing anesthesia, as any medical facility besides colonoscopy clinic could violate long accepted procedure/protocol to save $$$. Culpable parties should be prosecuted to fullest extent- lives are being screwed with here. More vigorous whistleblower protections may also be in order- someone certainly should have blown a whistle here......

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    Nobody knows how many were exposed.

    40,000 are affected -- because their sex lives, work lives and family lives are going to be on hold while they wait for test results and then go back and re-test because HIV doesn't always show up the first time.

    Even worse, in the discussion thread in the news article, it seems these people are having to pay hundreds of dollars for their own blood tests.

    I'd be killing mad.
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    Default Re: Dirty needles in Nevada endoscopy clinic, 40000 affected

    Additional businesses tied to and managed by the principals in this case have now had their business licences revoked. A good chance similar practices were in place at all locations, but no official confirmation.

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    This is so sad, my hubbys co worker actually had blood drawn from this place his mother had a vaccine done there. All i know is that if this were me heads would be fucking rolling, i would be furious weather or not i was infected. it is complete bullshit
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