News tagged with 'Infection Control'

A published report in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) finds that 67% of the outpatient centers visited had at least one lapse in infection control. An estimated 100,000 people die from hospital-acquired infections every year.

Kristen Diane Parker, a former Colorado surgery technician accused of stealing syringes filled with pain medication and switching them with used syringes, despite knowing she had hepatitis C, has been denied bail. Parker's actions put nearly 6,000 patients at risk.

Patients suing the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas for potential exposure to hepatitis C and other blood-borne diseases are being allowed to claim emotional distress in a class-action lawsuit.

85 cases of hepatitis C have now been linked to a Las Vegas clinic where shoddy public health practices put thousands in danger. Now the CDC is laying blame directly on the workers for reusing syringes, failing to wear gloves when administering medication and reusing cleaning solution for colonoscopy equipment. 

With  thousands of former patients of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada anxious about whether they contracted an infectious disease, Las Vegas city officials have shut down the center and revoked its license. So far

Thousands of patients of a Las Vegas clinic may have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus that destroys the liver. The clinic was changing out needles from one patient to another but not syringes, reinfecting the multi-dose vials of medication and underscoring your need to know proper infection control procedures.  

Patients who receive medication using a syringe or needle need to be knowledgable about safe infection control procedures. Unfortunately many clinics are not and that can mean the transmission of HIV or hepatitis C.