Discussions in Infection Control

An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.

Category: Risk Assessment

Colonoscopes Disease Transmission Flexible "ENT" Laryngoscopes Gastrointestinal Endoscopy GI Endoscopes Healthcare Quality, Safety High-Level Disinfection Infection Prevention Probes Risk Assessment Risk Management Veterans Health Administration

A Tale of Two Assessments of the Risk of Disease Transmission

Dec 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 includes…

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