Cross Contamination – It’s Real and Patients Know It
Local VA focuses on safer care after 2011
February 6, 2012 : One year after the Dayton VA Medical Center publicly disclosed infection control lapses that risked the health of hundreds if not thousands of veterans, hospital officials soon expect the answer to a key question: Did three veterans who tested positive for hepatitis contract the disease during visits to the hospital’s dental clinic? Click to Read Full Article > > >
VA Infection issues lead to 13,000 veterans’ tests
June 1, 2011 : 13,000 veterans have been warned in the past two years that their blood should be tested for potentially fatal infections after possible exposures by improper hygiene practices at five VA hospitals in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Ohio panel wants more VA tests for clinic patients
April 21, 2011 : An outside investigative task force Thursday urged the Veterans Administration to expand testing for possible infections from treatment by a southwest Ohio dentist accused of failing for years to change gloves and sterilize equipment between patients.. Click to Read Full Article > > >
9 Ohio VA dental patients test positive for hepatitis
March 2, 2011 : Of the 535 veterans potentially exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV by a dentist at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Dayton, OH, seven have tested positive for hepatitis C and two for chronic hepatitis B, VA officials told DrBicuspid.com. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Ohio senator calls for VA dental clinic probe
February 15, 2011 : U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is calling for a Senate hearing on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Dayton, OH, in response to an announcement that 535 veterans may have contracted hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV as a result of poor infection control practices. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Actor’s diagnosis puts spotlight on oral cancer
September 9, 2010 : Actor Michael Douglas’ recent revelation that he has stage IV oropharyngeal cancer has highlighted the growing incidence of oral cancer, and experts say dentists can help stem the alarming increase of the disease by checking for it during routine examinations. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Did VA mishandle equipment sterilization breach?
July 30, 2010 : Four of the more than 1,800 U.S. veterans who were potentially exposed to infectious diseases at a St. Louis Veterans Affairs (VA) dental clinic have now tested positive for hepatitis, and lawmakers are questioning the agency’s handling of the matter. Click to Read Full Article > > >
VA clinic patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV
June 30, 2010 : Failure to properly clean dental instruments may have put more than 1,800 patients at a Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic at risk for hepatitis and HIV. Patients who went to the John Cochran St. Louis VA Medical Center dental clinic in Missouri between February 2009 and March 2010 may have been exposed, according to a report by KSDK TV. The VA began notifying 1,812 potentially at-risk patients via certified letters on June 28. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
Japan has confirmed the nation’s first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs. Researchers say the gene — which appears to be circulating widely in India — alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. Patients, Volunteers contract Hepatitis at Free Dental Clinic Health officials are now advising nearly 2,000 people who received treatment or volunteered during the clinic to be tested for the virus.
Willimantic Dental Clinic Says It May Have Exposed Some Patients to Infection
May 15, 2010 : A Willimantic clinic has notified some dental patients that potentially unsterilized instruments were used in their mouths and could have exposed them to illness. Click to Read Full Article > > >
HIV Threat at Bournemouth Dentists
January 6, 2009 : Thousands of NHS dental patients could have been infected with deadly HIV or hepatitis because a dentist failed to sterilise blood-spattered instruments properly. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Hepatitis B Virus Transmitted to Dental Patients
July 16, 2007 : Even with strict enforcement of infection control, hepatitis B virus (HBV) was transmitted from one patient to another when they both underwent oral surgery in the same office, on the same day. Click to Read Full Article > > >
