To see a listing of newspaper articles about infection control and endoscopy in which I am quoted, refer to this site's "My Articles, Quotes" page.  

• Suit alleges coverup in tained surgical instrument case WRAL 06-19-08
• Duke, patients settle hydraulic fluid claims. News Observer 06-19-08
• Patients sue companies in hydraulic fluid mishap News Observer 06-18-08
• Copy of filed lawsuit. Filed, June 17, 2008
• Man revives suit against Duke Health. The Herald Sun February 21, 2007.
• Duke issues statement in response to lawsuit. July 13, 2006.
• Duke Sued Over Hydraulic Fluid: Suit Alleges Use of Dirty Instruments. Red Orbit July 14, 2006.
• Duke Sued Over Surgical Instruments. The StarTribune.com July 13, 3006.
• New Year Could Bring Legal Fight For Duke Health System. WRAL-TV 5 January 1, 2006. 
• Lawyer: More Duke patients at risk? NBC-17TV November 3, 2005.
• Some doubt Duke's claims. WRAL TV October 11, 2005. (Report's video feed.)
• Hydraulic fluid patients newsletter. (Support group for affected patients)
• Duke Asked State to Keep Investigation Under Wraps. ABC News 8-15-05.
• N.C. Patients Discuss Surgical-Tool Fiasco. ABC News 8-12-05.
• Leading expert's findings bolster hospital's claims. NBC News June 21, 2005.
• Details, background of incident, hydraulic fluid. Duke Medical News.
• Overview of events. Duke University Health System.
• Q & A with Duke leaders, doctors. Duke University Health System.

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• The study performed to assess risk of mishap. June 15, 2005.
• RTI study performed to assess amount of residual hydraulic fluid. June 22, 2005.
• Department of Health and Human Services' Report. January 2005.

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• Instrument contamination at Duke. 4th Letter to Patients August 3, 2005.
• Instrument contamination at Duke. 3rd Letter to Patients June 27, 2005.
• Clarification memo sent to the media. Clarification letter June 21, 2005.
• Instrument contamination at Duke. 2nd Letter to Patients June 20, 2005.
• Instrument contamination at Duke. 1st Letter to Patients January 4, 2005.

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• Surgical tools washed in hydraulic fluid, many report lingering health problems. News-Medical.Net June 14, 2005.
• Surgical tools in 4,000 operations were washed in hydraulic fluid. The San Diego Union-Tribune June 14, 2005.
• N.C. hospitals washed instruments in hydraulic fluid. Fox News June 14, 2005.
• Surgical tools washed in hydraulic fluid MSNBC June 13, 2005.
• The sterilization process at Duke. Duke University Health System.

1. Southern Nevada Health District Homepage.
2. 2 dates identified in Vegas hepatitis C outbreak. AP July 24, 4008 
3. Crisis news gets worse. Las Vegas Sun (04-03-08)
4. Clinic assembly line described. Review Journal April 6, 2008.
5. Woman to tell how she contracted disease at Nebraska clinic  RGJ 03-23-08
6. Officials link transmission to second clinic. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-19-08
7. AANA - Public at Risk: Addressing the Syringe Reuse Problem. 03-18-08
8. Gov. Gibbons wants three medical board members to resign. RGJ 03-17-08

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9. Nevada governor defends embattled health clinic, criticizes media. SOS 03-16-08
10. Overview of HCV outbreak in Las Veges, NV. Southern Nevada Health District
11. Hepatitis outbreak tied to alleged cost-cutting. Los Angeles Times 03-16-08
12. Officials reconsider law after clinic scares. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-16-08
13. Gov. Gibbons lashes out at news media. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-15-08

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14. 5th N. Nevada surgical center found to have unsanitary practices. RGJ 03-13-08
15. In-office surgery ignored by state. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-09-08
16. Problems engulf another clinic. Las Vegas Review Journal 03-11-08
17. Health inspectors scrutinize 3 clinics. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-07-08
18. LV patient feels at fault. Las Vegas Review Journal 02-28-08

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19. AANA Condemns Unsafe Injection Practices. Earth-Times 03-06-08 
20. Reno clinics in health probe. Reno Gazette-Journal 03-07-08 
21. Lawmakers Getting Involved In Hepatitis C Exposure Investigation. KTNV-TV 3-6-08
22. Nevada Hepatitis C Outbreak: Thousands now at risk for hepatitis, HIV. 03-06-08
23. How hepatitis probe led to clinic. Las Vegas Sun (03-02-08)

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24. EXPOSURE FEARED: 40,000 LV clinic patients urged to be tested for viruses.        Las Vegas Review Journal (02-28-08)
25. Large-scale hepatitis alert has no precedent.  Las Vegas Sun (02-29-08)
26. Other items may have be re-used local endoscopy clinic. KTNV-TV (02-29-08)
27. News Release: Southern Nevada Health District (02-27-08)

1. Doctor tied to hepatitis cases settles lawsuit. Newsday 04-30-08.
2. Newsday's links to several articles about this incident.
3. AANA Condemns Unsafe Injection Practices. AANA Website 03-06-08.
4. State says syringe probe patient list growing. Newsday 11-23-07.
5. Doctor reused syringes while injecting patients. NY Daily News 11-21-07.
6. Doctor faces Nassau DA probe in syringe case. Newsday 11-21-07.
7. Doctor's Statement. WNBC 11-19-07.
8. When Doctors Inject a Disease. NY Times 11-17-07
9. Patients Were Not Told of Misuse of Syringes. NY Times 11-16-07.
10. Dirty Doctor Tries to Defend Himself. WCBS 11-15-07.
11. Patients of Long Island Doctor Who Reused Syringes Were Treated in Private Office, Not at Plainview Hospital. NSLIJHS:  News release. 11-14-07.

1. A White Memorial Whitewash? Eco-Logic 1-29-07
2. L.A. hospital faulted for outbreak in neonatal unit. AP 1-25-07
3. Hospital Policy Eyed in L.A. Outbreak. Washington Post 12-22-06.
4. Outbreak raises questions about hospital's cleaning policy. Mercury News 12-21-06
5. LA hospital cleans neonatal unit, open. Washington Post 12-20-06.
6. LA hospital reopens neonatal unit after deadly bacterium outbreak. 7News 12-20-06 
7. Parents sue after child dies in outbreak. Los Angeles Times 12-10-06. 
8. Second Baby Dies In Bacterial Outbreak At East LA Hospital. NBC4 12-19-06 
9. Bacteria Outbreak Closes Baby And Children Units In LA Hospital. White Memorial Medical Center Statement. Publish Date: 12/17/2006.
10. Deadly bacterium closes hospital's children's units. The Plain Dealer 12-17-06
11. Bacteria outbreak closes two child units in an LA hospital. The AP 12-17-06
12. Hospital closes ICUs as germ outbreak infects babies. News Tribune 12-17-06.
13. Germ Outbreak Reported at L.A. Hospital. The Free Republic 12-16-06. 
14. 7 children are infected by bacterium at LA hospital. Los Angeles Times 12-16-06.  

Cleveland Plain Dealer 02-01-05 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 01-29-05 <> Inspection Monitor 01-01-2005 <>  Wall Street Journal 12-24-04 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 4-14-2004  <>  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4-14-2004  <>  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 10-12-2003 <> White paper: Anatomy of a medical error (8/03) <> Cleveland Plain Dealer 7-2-2003 <>  Observer Reporter 5-15-2003 <> Cleveland Plain Dealer 5-14-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 5-14-2003 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 5-13-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4-17-2003 <>  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 4-16-2003 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 4-12-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 4-12-2003 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 1-22-2003 <>  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1-22-2003 <> USA Today 1-22-2003 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 1-21-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1-21-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 1-19-2003 <> Letter to the Editor <>  Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 1-01-2003 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12-19-2002 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 12-2-2002 <> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review 11-28-2002 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 11-15-2002 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10-26-2002 <> Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 10-22-2002 <> Hospital notifies potentially exposed patients  <>  For the record.

• Infection scare at Riverland Hospital. ABC News November 16, 2005
• Va. Hospital Urges Endoscopy Patients to Get Tested. Washington Post 08-24-05.
• Inova Warns Patients Of Sterilization Error. Leesburg 2Day.com  August 19, 2005
• Colonoscopy Patients Put at Infection Risk. Medpage Today April 1, 2005
• Bails J. Candor praised in scope problems. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review April 1, 2005.
• My recent comments on the potential for HIV transmission during GI endoscopy. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review April 01, 2005.
• A Safety Alert on the design of GI endoscopes, published by ASGE and SGNA        April 28, 2005.
• Peninsula Kaiser warns 2,116 patients. (Redwood City) Oakland Tribune, 9-9-2004. 
• Davies P. Clinic Infections Put a Sterilizer Of Lab Devices Under Microscope.          The Wall Street Journal December 24, 2004.
• Mackeen D. Unclean record of disinfecting. Newsday June 27, 2004. 
• NBC News. Grand View Hospital Patient devastated over mistake. January 6, 2004.
• Griffith D. Valued medical tool has dangers. Sacramento Bee May 16, 2004.
• Warren K. 600 UW patients told of cleaning lapse. The Seattle Times March 20, 2004. 
• Fabregas L. Machines blamed in AGH death. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review January 22, 2003.
• Snowbeck C. Plan to attack contamination of bronchoscopes proposed.                   PIttsburgh Post-Gazette January 19, 2003.
• Appleby J. Scope-cleaning procedures debated. USA Today April 7, 2002. 
• Aoki N. Clear concerns amid murky debate. Patent documents raise questions in dispute on endoscope infection risk. The Boston Globe March 27, 2002; pp. C1, C4.
• Muscarella LF. Sterilize that device. Newsday August 2, 2001; p. A41.
• Berlau J. A new risk for high-tech surgery? Investor’s Business Daily February 14, 2000; pp. A1, A26. 

• Cost-cutting link to medical error.  The Standard (Hong Kong) 10-05-07.
• Hospital blunder leaves 4 elderly patients with nervous wait. The Standard (Hong Kong) 10-04-07.
• A hospital warns of possible infection from prostate biopsy. Missourian News May 28, 2006.
• Hospital mishap may have exposed 300 patients to viruses. Mercury News 5-3-06
• Scripps reporting sterilization concern. Union Tribune (San Diego) May 3, 2006.
• VA dental clinic warns patients some instruments were not sterilized. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 09-21-05. 
• Patients recalled for HIV, Hepatitis tests. Expatica (5-6-05)
• 92 patients told of possible exposure to TB.  San  Francisco Chronicle (2-11-05)
• Infection at KY hospital linked to medical tray. Lexington Hearld (11-26-04)
• Britain’s endoscope reprocessing "haphazard"? Innovations Report (11-25-04)
• Endoscope hygiene a growing problem. San Francisco Chronicle (09-10-04)
• Isolation needed for MRSA This-is-London (07-15-04)

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• Unclean record of disinfecting. New York's Newsday (06-27-04)
• Restoring public confidence. Belfast Telegraph (06-21-04)
• Hospital May Have Exposed 177 to Viruses. New York Times (06-16-04)
• Dirty' scope sparks health scare. BBC News (06-02-04)

A.  Newsday:  Read about the reuse of syringes linked to patient-to-patient tranmission of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Long Island, NY (November, 2007).

B.  Outbreak of Acinetobacter in the NICU of a hospital in Arkansas (November 2007)

1. Arkansas Hospital Closes Intensive Care Unit Due to Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infection. Fox News November 2, 2007.
2. Hospital ICU in Hot Springs reopens after outbreak. November 5, 2005. Pine Bluff Commerical November 5, 2007.

C.  Outbreak of Serratia in the NICU of a hospital in Toronto (May 2007) 

1. Officials seek source of infection in closed NICU. Canadian Press May 31, 2007
2. Neonatal unit shut after infection kills baby. The Globe and Mail May 31, 2007
3. Toronto neonatal unit shut after baby dies from bacteria CBC News May 31, 2007
4. Neonatal unit remains closed after fatal infection toronto.ctv.ca May 31, 2007
5. Infection threat closes Sinai’s neonatal unit. The Star.com June 1, 2007
6. Neonatal IC unit reopens at Mount Sinai. The Globe and Mail June 12, 2007.

1. WSJ: Hospitals reuse medical devices to lower costs. 03-19-08
2. Newsday:  Read about the reuse of syringes linked to patient-to-patient tranmission of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Long Island, NY (November, 2007).
3. Fight over cleaned, reprocessed medical supplies gets dirty. Atlantic City 11-26-06.
4. Hospitals cutting costs by reusing medical devices. The Star-Ledger. Sept 20, 2006.
5. Limits urged on recycling of medical devices. AP August 2, 2006. 
6. On trial for reusing single-use devices. Red Orbit July 4, 2006.
7. Single-use devices are being doubly used. IBN Live March 29, 2006
8. Washington Post on-line discussion on reusing disposable devices. 12-12-05
9. Reused Devices, Surgery's Deadly Suspects. The Washington Post 12-30-05
10. Does OMH recycle one-use only medical gear? Oconomowoc Focus (WI) 12-20-05.
11. Hospitals reuse tools intended for one use only. The Tribune (CA) 12-20-05.

1. Teacher seeks answers about CJD in suit against Emory Hospital Henry Daily Herald - Online 04-24-006
2. Unsterilized surgical tools for CJD used on 35 patients in Japan. Yahoo Asia News 02-08-06
3. McKay-Dee patients told of rare risk. The Deseret Morning News. 1-20-06
4. Reused Devices, Surgery's Deadly Suspects; CJD. The Washington Post 12-30-05
5. Coroner seeks investigation into possible CJD cluster. Irish Examiner 1-11-06
6. Atlanta Hospital Warns Of Possible Exposure To Brain Disease. NBC-17 10-01-04.

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7. CJD: WHO infection control guidelines for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
8. CJD: An infection control policy and procedure for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD).
9. CJD: CJD and instrument reprocessing.
10. Protein involved in 'mad cow' disease. MedicalNewsToday October 19, 2005.
11. CDC's general information on CJD.

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12. Hospital quarantines surgical instruments, due to CJD concern. October 11, 2005
13. Uneasy about a disease. Arizonia Daily Star October 9, 2005
14. FDA Unveils Proposal to Fight Mad Cow. AP  October 4, 2005 
15. NJ Creutzfeldt-Jakob cluster turns suburban mom into crusader. Newsday 10-02-05 
16. Brain-wasting disease kills two Idaho women. Billings Gazette 09-28-05.

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17. WHO infection control guidelines for transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.
18. Man identified with rare brain disease. Mountain Home News August 24, 2005.
19. Idaho probes outbreak of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease  Reuters August 12, 2005 .  
20. Idaho investigates brain-wasting disease. Casper Star Tribune 08-20-05.
21. Cleansing method to reduce CJD risk. BBC News 08-02-05.
22. What is CJD? National Nine News 09-14-04.
23. Canadian dies from human form of mad cow disease.  CBC.CA News 09-08-02.

1. Do you wash your hands? Healthwatch 16 10-28-05
2. Experts refute anti-bacterial soap claims. AP  October 21, 2005.
3. Editorial | Coming clean. New York Times June 6, 2005.
4. Doctor, wash thyself. Press-Telegram.com June 6, 2005.
5. Gerald McDonnell and A. Denver Russell. Antiseptics and Disinfectants: Activity, Action, and Resistance. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 1999 Jan;12(1):147-179.
6. Washing hands defense against bird flu.The New Zealand Herald 10-14-05.
7. nvasive Community-Acquired MRSA Differs from Hospital-Acquired Infections. Doctor's Guide October 11, 2005. 
8. Wounded Soldiers Back From Iraq With Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter. MedPage Today October 11, 2005. 
9. Hand-sanitizing gels may reduce risk of some infections in homes. WebMD Health September 6, 2005.
10. Hospital staff infections "staggering." Chicago Sun-Times August 9, 2005.
11. Hospital infection triples a patient's length of stay. Red Nova August 9, 2005.
12. Staff infections costly in U.S. Science Daily August 9, 2005.
13. Hospitals are asked to decontaminate water. New York Times July 19, 2005.
14. VCU physician calls for better infection-control standards for outpatient facilities. News-Medical.Net June 5, 2005.