Other VA Centers Report Mistakes

Week of May 25, 2009

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) officials have been warning thousands of  former patients they may have been exposed to infection at three VA facilities,  yet other VA patients are not being warned about less serious mistakes with the  same equipment at more than a dozen other VA centers. However, VA chief  patient safety officer Dr. Jim Bagian recently declined to identify those  facilities saying those instances did not involve an infection risk. For  more information on the continuing endoscopic procedure notification of  veterans, visit the VA website.