News tagged with body fluids
Miami VA: Steps taken to prevent contamination
(AP) -- The top Veterans Affairs official in Miami said Tuesday she has taken steps locally to prevent the kind of problems that exposed patients to contaminated medical equipment at VA hospitals in three states.
May 12, 2009 |
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Doctor: HIV infections will never be traced to VA
(AP) -- Former patients who tested positive for HIV or hepatitis will not be able to show they were infected by tainted equipment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a top doctor for the agency ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 10, 2009 |
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VA: 5th HIV case linked to unsterile equipment
(AP) -- A fifth patient has tested positive for HIV, and seven more tested positive for hepatitis after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, the agency said Friday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
May 03, 2009 |
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Magnitude of dirty VA hospital equipment unknown
(AP) -- Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple ...
Apr 25, 2009 |
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VA: 3 patients HIV-positive after clinic mistakes
(AP) -- Three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at Veterans Affairs hospitals have tested positive for HIV, the agency said Friday.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 19, 2009 |
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