VA patients test positive for HIV after treated with contaminated equipment

Here's a follow up to the story about Veteran's Administration patients who received treatment with contaminated endoscopic equipment. Some have tested positive for HIV.

VA patient tests positive for HIV after mistakes

Apparently, a Veterans Affairs patient undergoing a colonoscopy may have contracted HIV after unsterilized equipment was used during the procedure. I didn't think I could be surprised by medical errors, but this is shocking if it turns out to be true. How do you protect yourself against such reckless disregard for patient safety? Should you ask the physician, "Listen, before you stick that thing up my guswhatzits is it clean?" Maybe.

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