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Mike Mitka

JAMA. 2009;302(6):619.

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More than 10 000 veterans were notified that they were potentially exposed to hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV because some Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities did not properly sterilize reusable endoscopic equipment, a VA report found (http://www.va.gov/oig/54/reports/VAOIG-09-01784-146.pdf ). Of those veterans, 13 have been diagnosed with HBV, 34 with HCV, and 6 with HIV, although it is uncertain whether they were infected through exposure to contaminated equipment or by some other source.

Rep Harry E. Mitchell, (D, Ariz) chaired a House hearing and received testimony that thousands of veterans may have been exposed to contaminated endoscopic equipment. (Photo credit: Office of Congressman Harry Mitchell)

The report, by the VA's Office of Inspector General (OIG), was presented June 16 during a hearing called by Rep Harry E. Mitchell (D, Ariz), chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.

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