Category: Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses

Potentially Faulty Assessment by the Veterans Health Administration of the Risk of Infection Associated with a Number of Confirmed Breaches

This article by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, discusses the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) assessment in 2009 that the risk of healthcare-acquired infections associated with several instrument-reprocessing breaches recently identified within…

Risk of Disease Transmission Associated with Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

January 3, 2013 (updated July 28, 2013, revised April 24, 2014) — This article responds to an article published in The Los Angeles Times. Although this Times’ article was published…

Recommendations to Prevent Viral Transmissions due to Improper Medical Practices

September 30, 2014 — This article discusses the faulty clinical practice of reusing contaminated syringes, needles and both multi- and single-dose vials of medicine. This article also provides important recommendations…