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Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
Posted by:
Mike_Hunt
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Date: December 03, 2017 08:58AM
https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2017/12/grit-forces-cancelation-of-more-surgeries-at-inova-fairfax/
Some elective operations at a Fairfax County hospital were canceled this week because of recurring grit found on sterilized surgical equipment.
A spokeswoman for Inova Fairfax Hospital told WTOP in an email that the hospital is working to identify the root cause of the sterile, sandlike particles. Extra steps to ensure the equipment is properly sterilized is taking additional time and as a result, fewer than 10 percent of elective surgeries had to be canceled.
“A limited number” of particles continue to show up on surgical trays and equipment after they’ve gone through the sterilization process, Tracy Connell said in the email statement.
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Some elective operations at a Fairfax County hospital were canceled this week because of recurring grit found on sterilized surgical equipment.
A spokeswoman for Inova Fairfax Hospital told WTOP in an email that the hospital is working to identify the root cause of the sterile, sandlike particles. Extra steps to ensure the equipment is properly sterilized is taking additional time and as a result, fewer than 10 percent of elective surgeries had to be canceled.
“A limited number” of particles continue to show up on surgical trays and equipment after they’ve gone through the sterilization process, Tracy Connell said in the email statement.
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Re: Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
Posted by:
planters
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Date: December 03, 2017 12:08PM
So what pistachio nut? Nobody gives a fuck.
Re: Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
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Surgical grit sucks
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Date: December 03, 2017 06:29PM
planters Wrote:
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> So what pistachio nut? Nobody gives a fuck.
You'd care if you were the one going under the knife.
If this keeps up, INOVA CEO Knox Singleton may find himself retired involuntarily a few months earlier than his planned retirement. He and his staff better figure out what's going on and quickly.
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> So what pistachio nut? Nobody gives a fuck.
You'd care if you were the one going under the knife.
If this keeps up, INOVA CEO Knox Singleton may find himself retired involuntarily a few months earlier than his planned retirement. He and his staff better figure out what's going on and quickly.
Re: Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
Posted by:
fdaaf
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Date: December 03, 2017 06:35PM
I'll still take Fairfax over Arlington Hospital, and I live 5 minutes away from it.
Re: Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
Posted by:
NHS
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Date: December 03, 2017 06:36PM
Things like this don't happen within universal single payer healthcare systems.
Re: Are you getting an operation at INOVA Fairfax? . . beware
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Socialized medicine sucks too
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Date: December 03, 2017 06:41PM
NHS Wrote:
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> Things like this don't happen within universal
> single payer healthcare systems.
That's because you have to wait months, if not years, to get surgical procedures under socialized medicine, also known as single payer healthcare. That is, if they'll let you get the procedure in the first place.
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> Things like this don't happen within universal
> single payer healthcare systems.
That's because you have to wait months, if not years, to get surgical procedures under socialized medicine, also known as single payer healthcare. That is, if they'll let you get the procedure in the first place.