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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: 4, Insightful) by Bot on Thursday March 01 2018, @12:41PM (3 children)

    by Bot (3902) on Thursday March 01 2018, @12:41PM (#645734) Journal

    This is indeed a key point missing from TFS.
    The guy is clearly deserving a well directed punch so we can discover whether its front teeth are reusable, but it looks like the main sin is not giving to big pharma the dollars for the single use thingies.

    Anyway as a patient I would not subscribe to: Save the planet, less pollution, reusable catheters. Sex toys are not single use, so, we can do it!

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:05PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @02:05PM (#645759)

    Sex toys are not single use

    WTF? She lied to me, said I could only do it once and then she had to get rid of me!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @05:52PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 01 2018, @05:52PM (#645872)

      WTF? She lied to me, said I could only do it once and then she had to get rid of me!

      "She"?? Were the lights off?

      • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Thursday March 01 2018, @09:52PM

        by MostCynical (2589) on Thursday March 01 2018, @09:52PM (#646025) Journal

        Was her name Lola?

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