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TZIA62

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TODAY Health - TODAY Investigates: Dirty surgical instruments a problem in the OR

Seeded on Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:21 PM EST
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surgery, hospital, infection, instruments, hosptial, unsterile
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" When John Harrison checked into a Texas hospital i 2009 for rotator cuff surgery, he thought that after a six week recovery period, he'd be as good as new. But two weeks after the operation, the 63-year-old was experiencing severe. discomfort and swelling in his shoulder and knew something was terribly wrong."

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tzia62

Pertty scary stuff!

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Reply#1 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:21 PM EST
roypatterson

What's new!!! I know about this for years and as far as I can tell nothing has been done about it. It just seems to get worse.

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Reply#2 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:52 PM EST
tzia62

Thanks for dropping by. It's a shame that these things happen this often. When it happens this often, that means that someone is slacking, and innocent people have to suffer for it.

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Reply#3 - Wed Feb 22, 2012 2:00 PM EST
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