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Mar. 20, 2008
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INSPECTIONS AT SURGERY CENTERS COMPLETED

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Surveyors have completed inspections at each of the state's 50 ambulatory surgery centers, said Martha Framsted, a spokeswoman for the Nevada State Health Division.

But surveyors with the state Bureau of Licensure and Certification and investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention need to revisit two Las Vegas centers to observe procedures, she said Wednesday.

Framsted said surveyors identified several deficiencies at an additional clinic in Las Vegas regarding improper disinfection of endoscopes. The deficiencies were found during March 5 and March 7 inspections at the Digestive Disease Center II, 2700 Crimson Canyon Drive, near Lake Mead and Buffalo drives.

Though the deficiencies are less serious than those discovered at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, the clinic at the center of the massive public health alert, they require a corrective action plan.

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    lvafo wrote on March 22, 2008 03:33 PM: I agree with Bob. WHERE ARE THESE OTHER CLINIC RESULTS? AND WHAT IS THE NAMES OF THE CLINICS THAT THEY ARE HAVING TO GO BACK TO? Don't we deserve to know whether we we exposed to germs where we had this procedure done? I am very upset....


    Bunch of Bull wrote on March 20, 2008 08:36 AM: These inspection took how long? Yet, our inspectors could not get this done over a 12 year period? Who is in Who's pocket.


    Bob Cirelli wrote on March 20, 2008 05:29 AM: So what were the results? We see the results of restaurant inspections every week in the paper. Why not publish the results of these inspections also? After all, improper procedures here can and do kill. Perhaps someone should file a FOIA request to make the details public.
    Come on LVRJ, and/or TV Channels 3,5, 8, and 13 investigative reporters !! Give us the entire story.