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According to a statement from the VA, the dental equipment was sterilized – but it was “not sterilized to the exact specifications of the manufacturers guidelines.”

Although the VA concluded that the risk of “infection was extremely low,” the agency decided it was still necessary to disclose the error to patients who were treated at the medical center during that 13-month period. They are now offering free blood tests to screen for HIV as well as hepatitis B and C.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,595625,00.html

It was washed twice, which was not protocol.

28 posted on 06/30/2010 9:27:10 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Hypocrisy: "Animal rightists" who eat meat & pen up pets while accusing hog farmers of cruelty.)

“They are now offering free blood tests to screen for HIV as well as hepatitis B and C.”

I smell set-up by way of Alarmist tactics. You know that veterans will want to be screened after hearing they may have been exposed to a life threatening disease.