What happens in Vegas....

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Off subject...thank GoD!! We were all talking BMT then I saw Lottie

post mention the thing in Vegas. Here's what happen (have many family

there and followed story closely. A endoscopy center (do colonoscopys

etc) reused their syringes and also same vials or medicine (not

needles) from patient to patient. So, Patient A goes in for endoscopy

and when they didn't use the entire syringe of medicine to sedate him

they " saved " it for the next person. (all IV systems are now needless

so you " screw " the syringe onto the IV port instead of puncturing the

little port to inject medicine through an IV). Anyway, there is

definitely excellent means to expose folks to blood born diseases

like hepatitis and HIV. (Many patients of endoscopy centers are also

have chronic Hep C or B and do undergo endoscopy screening like

others do.) The county health department (that's what they call

themselves!!) estimate that as many as 40,000 (lot of folks go

through those endoscopy centers) people could have been exposed as a

result to the above. They currently have 6 confirmed diagnoses of

hepatitits from exposure. (all had had an endoscopy procedure at the

same facility.

Under no circumstances should anything related to IVs or injections

be shared among patients. We didn't even share dose vials of morphine

for our patients on the floor (came in single dose vials to ensure

this.) They should not be allowed to purchase multi vial doses of

versed to prevent this in the future. BAD BAD practice.

UNBELIEVEABLE!!! The center was still open for operation the next

day with the live news cast outside their building. They were not

shut down or punished that I am aware of... They will however get the

pants sued off of them... all 40,000 people are to be notified. So,

What happens in Vegas really should stay in Vegas... I always knew...

And Jen, never would in my wildest possible dreams get a BMT in

Vegas... just mentioned family no up here around me.