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Category: GI Endoscopes

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How to Reprocess the MAJ-855 Water Tube and the GI Endoscope’s Auxiliary Water Channel

December 14, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

August 13, 2013 — As much as any other lesson, the reprocessing breaches identified at the three Veterans Administration Medical Centers (VAMCs) in Murfreesboro (TN), Augusta (FL), and Miami (FL)…

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A Tale of Two Assessments of the Risk of Disease Transmission

December 11, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

December 11, 2012 (updated 8-5-2014): The Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) decision in 2009 not to notify patients of the several infection-control breaches confirmed within the VA Caribbean Healthcare System, which…

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Florida Judge Rules in Favor of Veteran in Colonoscopy, Hepatitis C case

December 4, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

A recent newspaper article in Miami (FL) states on 10/11/12 that: “A Miami federal judge ruled in favor of a veteran who says shoddy hygiene practices at a Veterans Administration…

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