Somebody is graduating at the bottom of these medical school classes

I just thought this article was kinda wtf.

It is about patients at Salem hospital in Mass. 450 of whom were exposed to bloodborne pathogens and now have the worry of....bloodborne pathogens. The article doesn't say what unsafe negligent practices by hospital staff caused this, only that medications were administered improperly.

The potential exposures occurred over roughly two years and involved patients who needed an endoscopy, a procedure where doctors use a small camera to look inside the body to detect diseases.

The hospital was first made aware of the possible exposures earlier this year and the practice was immediately corrected, according to a statement.

“We sincerely apologize to those who have been impacted and we remain committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate health care to our community,” the hospital said.

The likelihood that patients were actually infected is “extremely small” and no patients reported infections as of Thursday, said Adam Bagni, the hospital’s director of external communications.

Most hospitals have strict procedures for sanitizing needles, syringes and other hospital equipment before they’re used, and hospitals are held accountable to these standards, Doron said.

“Every three years we have an unannounced survey, and that’s one of the big things that the surveyors are looking for is to make sure that you’re taking all the required steps to prevent the transfer of bloodborne pathogens,” she said.

Nevertheless, patients are still exposed to diseases from time to time. In 2018, more than 3,000 patients were at risk of exposure to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV after rusty equipment was used in a New Jersey surgery center. In 2008, up to 63,000 patients were potentially exposed to hepatitis C following “negligent practices” at two endoscopy clinics in Las Vegas, according to a report from the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine.

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So for 2 YEARS, hospital staff, doctors and nurses, these bastions of science were not doing the very basic proper procedures to prevent bloodborne pathogens and put many people's lives at risk. Of course after the fact that they've been caught, they claim it's no big deal. The likelihood of infection is low.

I wonder if they got caught in their negligence through the once every three year "unannounced surveys" in the hospital to check that they're doing their jobs correctly.

Something tells me we should check on these people, the doctors and nurses more frequently than once every 3 years. As I said in the title somebody is graduating at the bottom of these medical school classes and I sure don't want them anywhere near me with a stethoscope, let alone a syringe.

Also rusty surgical equipment affected over 3000 patients at a new jersey surgical center in 2018! I wouldn't even expect that in 1918. What are we doing and why is Healthcare so expensive if they're just winging it doing whatever they can get away with.

Explanation: Who needs Dr's and surgeons anymore eh?

Doctor Who? Heal Thyself! DIY Doctoring To Digital Doctors! Subjects: Simple Barber Surgery To Super Cyber Surgeons!

Personal Disclosure: We have the technology to replace them ok!

If we need to go to space in space farms then going to the Doctor or them coming to you is problematic [ it annoys spaceship security no end .. guy with knives coming on the ship ... no way!]

So we have to become and be self sufficient and this requires self monitoring and the ability to amputate your own leg and replace it with cyborg limb [or peg-leg if living post apocalypse shtf style] if need be.

How would my fellow members feel about training their own digital doctors by wearing medical sensors?

Would you allow a robot to operate on you?

a reply to: OmegaLogos

If the robot was sterilized properly, probably. Im sure a human does that part though, so maybe not. But I just saw another story on the news here where a nurse was crushed and badly injured by a hospital bed being sucked into an MRI machine too because the hospital wasn't following proper safety procedures for the MRI machine. What is going on in these hospitals hehe

This is what DEI and 'equitable' education and hiring practices get you.

It's just starting to hit, wait until that equity really kicks in.

a reply to: Shoshanna

Diversity?

a reply to: stosh64
Third world people take their third world habits with them.

a reply to: Waterglass

I think its lower IQ. I bet the average IQ at least in America has gone down significantly in the last 30 years. What is causing that who knows. Ultra processed food, fake Chinese "fluoride" in the water, social media.

originally posted by: stosh64
This is what DEI and 'equitable' education and hiring practices get you.

It's just starting to hit, wait until that equity really kicks in.

Bingo.
Incompetent diversity hires.
Has anybody NOT seen them?
They are not just vice presidents, the administration is full of them.
This is a giant reason why things are so bad and getting worse.

a reply to: Shoshanna

Plus add the lower sperm count. I think that overall its the chemical both above and in ground. Have you seen the mystery disease among all dogs in the USA? Its killing our dogs!

originally posted by: Shoshanna
a reply to: Waterglass

I think its lower IQ. I bet the average IQ at least in America has gone down significantly in the last 30 years. What is causing that who knows. Ultra processed food, fake Chinese "fluoride" in the water, social media.

A really bad national education system. They 've intentionally dumbed down education so the less than average students aren't offended. Add in Critical Race Theory and all of a sudden, education isn't so much about math and science but more about self deprecation.

a reply to: Waterglass

I just saw a news story about that this morning! Something fishy is going on. As always.

a reply to: LogicalGraphitti

Diversity just look where it has taken all of USA society.

a reply to: Shoshanna

I've been saying it for years.

All the advances in safety and medical technology and science have led to the problem of idiots having kids.

All those genetically weak or just stupid kids that would not have lived through childhood a few decades ago are now having stupid weak kids of their own.

Polluting the gene pool.

Tuition-free online medical schools are popping up across the U.S. with free diversity training.

I should apply. I've been practicing my whole life - I'm like a doctor, minus the pesky 'ethics' and 'qualifications' thing!

originally posted by: imitator
Tuition-free online medical schools are popping up across the U.S. with free diversity training.

I should apply. I've been practicing my whole life - I'm like a doctor, minus the pesky 'ethics' and 'qualifications' thing!

You do that.

I'll bring the popcorn when you take your first class (yes, I took classes in medical school. Taught the labs, too.)

a reply to: Shoshanna

It is really the hospital administrators' responsibility to ensure sanitization and cleaning is done properly and I recall before COVID that it was revealed that many hospitals were called out on their poor cleaning protocols and lack of Supervision of same. From the U.K. alleged serial killer nurse, they had sewage bubbling up in the maternity ward and still got a rating of good from inspectors and now we have here a most serious oversight of sanitizing instruments that could spell death for some patients.

So all I have to say is the doctors/nurses/non-administrative or non-supervisory staff are not the ones with the responsibility nor accountability.

a reply to: quintessentone

Sewage bubbling up in the maternity ward? Good lord. No wonder MRSA and other hospital related infections are so prevalent.

I've always been of the opinion to stay the hell away from doctors unless it's something very, very serious... As I've gotten older, I see more and more people who go to the doctor and let them start poking and prodding end up HAVING to continually go. Of the dozen or so older men I know between their 70's and 90's that are in excellent health RUN from any doctor's. Stay active, grow as much of your own food as you possibly can, and keep away from the 'health' industry, and you might have a chance...