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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 02:44 PM
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VA: 16 colonoscopy patients have infections
Edited on Fri Mar-27-09 02:46 PM by WillieW
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 02:46 PM
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1. That's "colonoscopy", not "colstomy"..
...or "colostomy", which is how I incorrectly read your headline.
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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 02:49 PM
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3. You have to give a chance to correct my error Sheesh
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 02:59 PM
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4. Sorry, I thought there were now colostomy issues...
:)
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barbtries Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 02:47 PM
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2. from the article:
"All three sites failed to properly sterilize equipment between treatments."

that's disgusting.
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sabbat hunter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 03:13 PM
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5. Well
I doubt that the equipment had pieces of feces on it, but it just wasn't properly sanitized via chemical or heat.
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WillieW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-27-09 06:10 PM
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6. A new procedure would eliminate infections
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