Posted on 12/29/2018 1:06:53 PM PST by bgill
The New Jersey surgery center that may have exposed more than 3,700 patients to HIV and hepatitis used rusty equipment and had soiled bed sheets, according to a report from the state's department of health. HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, was closed on Sept. 7 after the New Jersey Department of Health discovered multiple violations of sterilization and sanitation requirements, according to a citation summary sheet made public on Friday. The state allowed HealthPlus Surgery Center to reopen on Sept. 28... "We are aware of patients with pre-existing conditions such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. We expect to find more as the process continues. The department also recognizes that within this population there could be undiagnosed cases of pre-existing conditions and, on the basis of what we know and what we don’t know, the appropriate response is to test," Manigan said. Manigan said during the press conference that it could take one to two weeks for patients to get their results, and that if someone tests positive, the New Jersey Department of Health would investigate whether the disease was pre-existing or if it had been contracted by HealthPlus.
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Disgusting but a hyperbolic headline. Nobody has tested positive yet. Visiting Africa is likely to expose one to more of an HIV or hepatitis threat.
You’re right about the headline. Possibility remains though.. Better to avoid this careless place. Better to take care of yourself. In my world, health care is my responsibility; doctors are for sick care.
I am outrageously healthy. And very old. No prescription drugs. None. Organic food, no wheat, gym almost daily. It works.
Your life hasn't actually been all that long - it's just felt that way. ;-p
Hahahaha. I feel terrific. Love going to the gym and do not often miss gluten-filled foods. Plus admiring glances from guys younger than my son do wonders for my girlish ego. Try it, you’ll like it.
Hep B and C are much easier to get though.
Affordable Healthcare.
Cigarettes?
Alcohol?
Medicinal pot?
Well, it sounds like a good cost control plan. Good for the bottom line.
The cure was worse than the disease.
As a retired nurse, it drives me nuts to know that undereducated, minimum wage people are doing the sterilization of instruments in hospitals, as well as hospital cleaning, without being really well trained in the dangers of contamination. Not that some well educated personnel aren’t sloppy. It would take so little to give each one a 2 or 3 hour lesson in microbiology for laypeople, with the inclusion of some very graphic visual aids to press home the point, followed by return demonstrations using a product that will not wash off, unless it is scrupulously cleaned. Every time I visit a hospital, I cringe at the sloppiness I see.
Sounds like an ObamaCare showcase....
Quit smoking decades ago, detest marijuana, a little red wine with dinner. Christmas season, I go overboard with eggnog spiked with brandy or rum. I come from an alcoholic family...just about everyone but me.
I love the sound of the word NO. :)
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