Another veteran has tested positive for HIV, that brings the total to date to 4.
As troubling as that is, the VA still refuses to say how widespread the problem is, were all VA medical facilities affected or just the three that they have identified so far? They won't say.
So, again we are urging all everyone that had any type of "scope" procedure at any VA medical facility to get tested and to get a copy of your medical records today, don't wait.
VA reports 4th positive HIV test after unsterile hospital equipment used, vets grow frustrated
BILL POOVEY, Associated Press Writer
4:52 PM PDT, April 24, 2009
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospitals might have treated them with unsterile equipment. Now, just a couple of months after the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the dire warnings, veterans are growing frustrated by the lack of information from the tightlipped federal agency.
Nearly 11,000 former sailors, soldiers, airmen and Marines could have been exposed to infectious diseases because three VA hospitals in the Southeast did not properly clean endoscopic equipment between patients. On Friday, the VA revealed that another patient had tested positive for HIV, bringing the total to four such cases among patients who got endoscope procedures at hospitals in Miami, Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga.
The agency also said a new hepatitis case had been discovered, increasing the number of positive tests to 26. More than 4,270 veterans still have yet to get test results.
Full article at LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-us-veterans-colonoscopies,1,712144.story
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