Dayton Daily News (Ohio): VA Secretary Pledges Safeguards for Veterans

Posted: March 23, 2011 / Source: Dayton Daily News

Dayton Daily News (Ohio): VA Secretary Pledges Safeguards for Veterans

DAYTON — The secretary of Veterans Affairs said he has ordered safeguards put in place to prevent veterans from ever again being subject to unsafe hygiene practices at the Dayton VA Medical Center’s dental clinic or elsewhere.
Dr. Dwight M. Pemberton failed to change latex gloves and sterilize dental instruments between patients between 1992 and July 2010, according to the Dayton VA. Those lapses may have exposed 535 patients who had invasive dental work done by Pemberton to bloodborne pathogens. Nine of those patients have had preliminary positive results for hepatitis B or hepatitis C.

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