Posted on 01/22/2014 9:40:09 PM PST by steve86
More than 100 patients who had colonoscopies between 2011 and 2013 at Seattle Children’s have been advised to be tested for hepatitis B and C and HIV after the hospital discovered special equipment used in the procedures had not been properly cleaned. ... The hospital found that technicians weren’t sufficiently trained on the proper procedures, which led to the scopes being used again before they were ready, DiNuzzo said.
The hospital did not inform patients earlier because officials wanted to do a thorough investigation and not unnecessarily alarm patients, Zerr said.
From July 2011 to 2013, the hospital can't be sure that the technicians were cleaning the colonoscopes in the manner they were supposed to, Zerr said. “These lapses on their own create a small increased risk.’’
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Polyps, that’s what Reagan had.
It’s part of the University of Washington system, which normally has a good reputation. I’ve been to UWMC, Roosevelt Clinic a d Harborview many times.
Oh, lawyers.
What about if the family history of cancer is in a different part of the body? I do get mammograms, but they’re not a big deal.
I wouldn’t do that—they might be trained to go into a different mode if patient threatens to harm self.
If I were a man I would probably get the prostrate exam. It’s not that different than what some doctors do to women during pelvic exams(you guys thought we got out of it, didnt you?)
But then my grandfather was rumored to have had prostrate cancer. I hate when family members are vague about this stuff, but in the old days there was a stigma associated with cancer.
Poor little guy. How is he now?
He is a 24 yo blessing.
I didn't know that. So many hospital mergers in the Puget Sound area.
Back in the 80s, when my lunch was generally at the South Campus Center, behind the U.W. Medical Center, and my wife was taking her little girl to Children's, it was completely separate.
There wasn't much more they could do. I already spend time in their psychiatric branch, after my training in Neuropsychology.
It’s not that different than what some doctors do to women during pelvic exams(you guys thought we got out of it, didnt you?)
My wife also refuses pap smears and colonoscopies. This is her own decision -- I didn't influence her.
Wife also refuses them.
What about if the family history of cancer is in a different part of the body?
Best to talk to an oncologist or at least your PP about that. However, I do know that different types of cancer are related to entirely different clusters of genetic and environmental factors -- incidence correlation between, say, prostate cancer and colon cancer would be negligibly low.
Ha!!
I could be mistaken. I’ll look it up.
Swedish is the one who has been gobbling up other hospitals.
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