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Doctor Accused of Reusing One-Use Anal Catheters on Multiple Patients

posted by martyb on Thursday March 01 2018, @11:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the Oh-shit dept.

Fnord666 writes:

Colon and rectal surgeon Sanjiv Patankar allegedly washed and reused catheters that are inserted into patients' rectum during medical procedures. The instruments, which are used to examine patients with fecal incontinence, constipation, and other possible disorders, are supposed to be thrown away after a single use.

Patankar, who practiced in East Brunswick, [New Jersey] allegedly instructed medical assistants to wash the instruments in soapy water after use, soak them in bleach solutions, and then rinse before air-drying them. The doctor also reportedly ordered to continue using a catheter that has started to break down due to overbleaching.

In a hearing conducted Dec. 19, the state said that documented evidence appears to show that between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, Patankar's office performed 82 procedures but only five catheters were used over that period.

Source: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/217801/20171230/doctor-accused-of-reusing-one-use-anal-catheters-on-multiple-patients.htm

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 02 2018, @12:17AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 02 2018, @12:17AM (#646111)

    Caution: I am not associated with any hospital, so I can't tell you what current procedures are. But some bacteria are evolving to become immune to the alcohol hand sanitizers, so expect an increase in the use of plastic gloves.

    You sure about this? I didn't think alcohol was something bacteria could become immune to.

    A google search only leads to a recent New Scientist news article on this, but nothing else of note, and the New Scientist article is paywalled, so I can't see what it says.