VA Clinics

busterb · 02-13-2009, 08:56 PM

VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of patients at a Veterans Administration clinic in Tennessee may have been exposed to the infectious body fluids of other patients when they had colonoscopies in recent years, and now VA medical facilities all over the U.S. are reviewing their own procedures.
I'm guessing they used the same test gear on both ends! Yuk.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2009, 03:06 AM

The VA sticks it up your ass, that's nothing new... as you well know.

fargon · 02-14-2009, 01:15 PM

During a 2.5 month stay at the VAMC Tomah Wi. I picked up another skin disease, the VA is nasty but getting better.

TheMercenary · 02-16-2009, 07:41 AM

Big VA hospitals are not much better than any other big huge hospital. The problems are the same, so is the frequency of infection. It just so happens that because they are government run you get to find out about all the bad stuff. Profit hospitals don't have to tell you their problems.

Pie · 02-16-2009, 08:00 AM

True, that.

ZenGum · 02-16-2009, 09:23 PM

I've never done a clone thread yet, but I am suddenly feeling the urge... just can't seem to think of one.

VB (Victoria Bitter) Clinics? For the seriously drunk?

VC (Victoria Cross) Clinics? For the seriously valorous?

Nope, I'm out of ideas.

Seriously, sterilise the damn colonoscope between patients. I would have thought that was obvious.

What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer?

TheMercenary · 02-16-2009, 11:08 PM

How about Vet Clinics, for animals.

Happy Monkey · 02-17-2009, 06:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Big VA hospitals are not much better than any other big huge hospital. The problems are the same, so is the frequency of infection. It just so happens that because they are government run you get to find out about all the bad stuff. Profit hospitals don't have to tell you their problems.

A data point in favor of socialized medicine, from TheMercenary, no less!

02-13-2009, 08:56 PM	#1
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	VA Clinics VA clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Thousands of patients at a Veterans Administration clinic in Tennessee may have been exposed to the infectious body fluids of other patients when they had colonoscopies in recent years, and now VA medical facilities all over the U.S. are reviewing their own procedures. I'm guessing they used the same test gear on both ends! Yuk. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-14-2009, 03:06 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The VA sticks it up your ass, that's nothing new... as you well know. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2009, 01:15 PM	#3
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	During a 2.5 month stay at the VAMC Tomah Wi. I picked up another skin disease, the VA is nasty but getting better. __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

02-16-2009, 07:41 AM	#4
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Big VA hospitals are not much better than any other big huge hospital. The problems are the same, so is the frequency of infection. It just so happens that because they are government run you get to find out about all the bad stuff. Profit hospitals don't have to tell you their problems. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-16-2009, 08:00 AM	#5
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	True, that. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

02-16-2009, 09:23 PM	#6
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I've never done a clone thread yet, but I am suddenly feeling the urge... just can't seem to think of one. VB (Victoria Bitter) Clinics? For the seriously drunk? VC (Victoria Cross) Clinics? For the seriously valorous? Nope, I'm out of ideas. Seriously, sterilise the damn colonoscope between patients. I would have thought that was obvious. What's the difference between an oral thermometer and a rectal thermometer? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-16-2009, 11:08 PM	#7
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	How about Vet Clinics, for animals. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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