Testing Advised For Some Forbes Colonoscopy Patients

March 31, 2005

WTAE ThePittsburghChannel.com via News - 1 hour, 9 minutes agoForbes Regional Hospital is alerting patients of a disinfection problem with a device used in some colonoscopies that were performed over a four-month period. Hospital: Colonoscopy patients need HIV tests CNN.com - Mar 30 7:43 PMMONROEVILLE, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A suburban Pittsburgh hospital is urging about 200 patients who had colonoscopies during a four-month span to get tested for hepatitis and the virus that causes AIDS because the instruments may not have been disinfected adequately. Pa. Hospital Issues Colonoscopy Alert AP via News - Mar 30 1:46 PMA suburban Pittsburgh hospital is urging about 200 patients who had colonoscopies during a four-month span to get tested for hepatitis and the AIDS virus because the instrument may not have been disinfected adequately. Hospital encourages colonoscopy patients to undergo HIV testing phillyburbs.com - 2 hours, 17 minutes agoPITTSBURGH - A suburban hospital is encouraging about 200 patients who had colonoscopies during a four-month span to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing because the instrument may not have been disinfected adequately. Hospital urges tests for former patients Kansas City Star - Mar 31 12:08 AMMONROEVILLE, Pa. — A hospital is urging about 200 patients who had colonoscopies during a four-month span to get tested for hepatitis and the AIDS virus. Possible AIDS or hepatitis exposure at Pittsburgh-area hospital KRON 4 Bay Area - Mar 30 5:06 PMMONROEVILLE, Pa. A hospital outside Pittsburgh is tracking down some 200 people who recently got colonoscopies. Forbes Regional Hospital in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, says the patients may have been exposed to hepatitis or AIDS because the instruments used may not have been fully disinfected. Possible AIDS or hepatitis exposure at Pittsburgh-area hospital WIS-TV Columbia - Mar 30 7:18 PM(Monroeville, Philadelphia-AP) March 30, 2005 - A hospital outside Pittsburgh is tracking down some 200 people who recently got colonoscopies. Hospital encourages colonoscopy patients to undergo HIV testing TimesLeader.com - Mar 30 12:49 PMMONROEVILLE, Pa. - A suburban Pittsburgh hospital is encouraging about 200 patients who had colonoscopies during a four-month span to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing because of a problem with instrument disinfection. Testing Advised For Some Forbes Colonoscopy Patients Action News 4 Pittsburgh - Mar 30 12:29 PMMONROEVILLE, Pa. -- Forbes Regional Hospital is alerting patients of a disinfection problem with a device used in some colonoscopies that were performed between October 2004 and February 2005.

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