Reused Insulin Pen Infection Warning Expands to 2nd New York Hospital
Another New York hospital has been found to have been reusing insulin pens on different patients, potentially exposing them to blood borne diseases like hepatitis C and HIV.
Tag Archives: HIV
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Buffalo VA May Have Exposed 700 Patients To Used Insulin Pens
A Veterans Administration Center in Buffalo, New York hay have exposed more than 700 patients to a potential risk of bloodborne diseases by reusing insulin pens on multiple people.
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Suture Needle Warning: Pathogen Risk Reduced with Blunt Tips
Federal health experts are urging health care professionals to make more extensive use of blunt-tip suture needles in some operations to avoid the risk of sticking themselves accidentally and exposing…
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Blood Bank Faces Lawsuit by Man Who Developed HIV Infection
An Alabama man has filed a lawsuit against LifeSouth Community Blood Centers, alleging that he developed an HIV infection after receiving tainted blood during surgery.
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FDA Warns About Use of Victrelis With Some HIV Drugs
New label warnings are being added to the hepatitis C drug Victrelis by federal health officials, who indicate that combining it with certain HIV drugs may cause both treatments to…
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Some HIV and Hep C Drugs Less Effective Together: FDA
Federal drug regulators are warning that combining the hepatitis C drug Victrelis with medications from a family of HIV drugs, which includes Norvir, Reyataz, Prezista and Kaletra, may result in…
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Medical Mistakes at VA Hospital Slammed by Congress
Unhappy with the slow pace of improvements at a Veterans Administration (VA) hospital in Miami, where thousands of veterans were exposed to unsterilized colonoscopy equipment in 2009, lawmakers are calling…
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Organ Transplant Infections Targeted By New CDC Guidelines
Federal health officials have drafted new recommendations to prevent the transmission of infections and disease through organ transplant surgery.
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Wisconsin Medical Clinic May Have Exposed Thousands To Risk of Disease
Thousands of patients treated at a medical clinic in Madison, Wisconsin may have been exposed to a risk of HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne diseases while a nurse was training…
