Dayton Daily News (Ohio): VA Dentist Kept Job After NAACP Pressure, Supervisor Says

Posted: March 21, 2011 / Source: Dayton Daily News (Ohio)

Dayton Daily News (Ohio): VA Dentist Kept Job After NAACP Pressure, Supervisor Says

DAYTON — A former supervisor in the Dayton VA Medical Center’s dental clinic blamed intervention by the NAACP for foiling his efforts in the early 1990s to remove a dentist whose lax infection control practices put patients’ safety at risk.
Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton continued to practice dentistry at the Dayton VA, often failing to change latex gloves and sterilize dental instruments between patients, according to VA officials. The medical center’s director was reassigned to a regional headquarters job, and elected officials have called for a review of the hospital’s oversight practices and a Senate hearing.

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