Another case of RTFM?

ssuellid 19 Apr 2005 18:42:38 19,142 posts
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Dirty scope used for three years

"Staff at a County Antrim hospital used an internal examination probe for three years before finding out it was dirty.
A dossier obtained by the BBC shows the scope came into use at the Lagan Valley Hospital in 2001, but none of the staff knew how to clean it properly."

"Last year, staff at Lagan Valley Hospital found some reddish fluid under the tip of one of their scopes and it was suspected it had not been properly cleaned.

The BBC has learned that none of the staff at the hospital knew how to clean or disinfect it properly, because it contained four channels. Staff only knew about three of them. "

The-Old-Bill 19 Apr 2005 18:45:17 5,101 posts
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I feel for anyone who's had this done recently, and I believe there are a few.
timo180 19 Apr 2005 18:50:42 2,714 posts
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If i ever need to be hospitalised i will only go to the Royal in Belfast, i wouldn't go near any of the others. Maybe Craigavon for handiness sake.
sam_spade 19 Apr 2005 18:54:54 15,745 posts
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If I needed to go to hospital while I was in the UK. I'd leave the country.
Deleted user 19 April 2005 19:00:14

How can you not notice something is dirty for 3 years?!
otto Moderator 28 May 2007 11:16:19 49,322 posts
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horp
otto Moderator 28 May 2007 11:16:19 49,322 posts
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Mine went in the other end, but that doesn't make it OK.

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