Amid hepatitis scare in Nevada, 5 nurses hand in licenses

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	Amid hepatitis scare in Nevada, 5 nurses hand in licenses

BobbyDelray

3-5-2008 11:37 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/aadf12eb-730c-4eb7-8a5f-fc0f325fcddb/EC1D4E7D-820C-4075-83AE-AB10169B596C/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html" href="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blogs.usatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html">A week after 40,000 Nevadans learned that unsanitary injections might have infected them with  hepatitis C or the AIDS virus,  five certified <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nurse_anesthetist">nurse anesthetists</A> surrendered their licenses today until authorities learn how and why a surgical center and several clinics reused syringes and vials for four years, the <A href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/news/2008/mar/05/nurses-surrender-licenses/"><EM>Las Vegas Sun</EM> reports</A>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html">The five nurses worked at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where the nation's largest hepatitis C <A href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-05-hepatitis-vegas_N.htm">scare began.</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html">Officials said the outbreak may be <A href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2008-03-03-2306618_x.htm">"the tip of the iceberg."</A></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html"><A href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/16105787.html">Dr. Dipak Desai</A> is the majority owner of the <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopy">endoscopy</A> center.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html">The <A href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/16209472.html"><EM>Las Vegas Review-Journal</EM></A> has more about the investigation</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/03/amid-hepatitis.html">The paper writes the state <EM>ranks among the worst in the nation for numbers of doctors and nurses per capita, the number of uninsured patients, and the number of unvaccinated children.</EM></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/EC1D4E7D-820C-4075-83AE-AB10169B596C/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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