Thursday, June 24, 2010

Inadequate Infection Control Procedures Can Put Your
Life at Risk in a Surgery Center

Drug resistant MRSA infections are on the rise in the nation's
hospitals, and, as a retired dentist, I can tell you that infection
practices in dental offices have increased remarkably since the
discovery of the AIDS (HIV) virus. Now, despite all of the
infection control courses physicians, dentist and other health
care professionals are required to take, we find that surgery
centers all over the country are not using adequate infection
control procedures.

Because of the lack of infection control in two major surgery
centers in Las Vegas, Nevada, which caused a major hepatitis
outbreak, the federal government ordered a major...
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