Hundreds of VA dental patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/health/va-dentist-exposure/index.html ^ | 2 Dec 16 | Madison Park

[ARGLOCKGUY]

Nearly 600 patients who received dental care at a Wisconsin Veterans Affairs medical center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and C and now face an anxious wait to find out if they were infected. Earlier this week, officials said a dentist at the Tomah VA Medical Center improperly re-used his own dental equipment instead of using the sterilized, disposable tools as VA rules require. "It was purposeful that he was violating VA regulations," said Victoria Brahm, acting medical director at the Tomah VA Center in a press briefing earlier this week. "During all of the orientation, he used our equipment. He used it appropriately, so it was very purposeful from what we found in our investigation that he knew exactly what he was doing, and preferred to use his own equipment against procedure."

[Be Careful]

And his name???? Noticeably absent.....

[jjotto]

Some reports, not confirmed, identify him as Tom Schiller, who has worked in Dallas in the past.

[Gay State Conservative]

Having worked in health care for years about the first thing I learned was that proper sterilization of *all* equipment is fundamental.

Any professional..dentist,physician,surgeon,nurse,technician..missing this is utterly inexplicable.

[Vinnie]

We had a dentist here in the Raleigh area 20 or so yrs. ago that intentionally infected patients with his own blood on dirty instruments.

[Cold Heart]

I think the present head of the VA was hired to clean up the VA and found out he couldn’t fire anybody.

[GailA]

Many need to resign and go to prison.

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