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Hepatitis C Transmission Research and Support Links Information Recycling Medical Devices Raises Concerns"It is impossible to reuse them," said Robert O'Holla, J&J's head of regulatory affairs for medical devices, because they are not designed to be taken apart for cleaning. Yet J&J gets complaints from customers about problems with devices showing excessive wear or bleach on them - signs of reprocessing.
Hepatitis C a Greater Threat to Healthcare Workers
Than HIV
HCV infection has been investigated by the FDA and the CDC. These agencies have and are re-assuring the public that Immune Globulin is safe....HCV infection has and is occurring in ways other then I.V. Drug use...Other countries have reported similar outbreaks due to Immune Globulin injections.
Hepatitis C Transmitted by Vaccines made with Immunoglobulins Immunoglobulins have been used in medicine
for years to help prevent or reduce the risk
of infections...include Vaccinia,,Tetanus,
Hepatitis B, Varicella Zoster immune
globulin
In addition, anti-D immune globulin (Rhogam)... the fact that these immune globulin products come from pooled plasma where some donors probably carry transmissible infections.
Hepatitis C infection from Contaminated Heart Stress
Test
Non-Drug Related Transmission of Hepatitis C
Virus The Hepatitis C epidemic is discovering what was. In 1988, 242,000 Hepatitis C infections were reported annually. These high figures were reported throughout 1970's & 1980's. Since 1989, and mandatory heating or washing of blood products, the annual number of new infections declined 80 % by 1998. Universal precaution became mandatory in 1996. But, preconceived ideas and notions have stifled awareness to the many transmission methods, discovered yearly, for this disease. Click here
Sept. 2006 Detection of Hepatitis C Virus Antibody And RNA In Hemostatic Gauze Used For
Dentistry - February 2003
Covert Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus During Bloody Fisticuffs - August 11, 2000 Jet
Injectors for giving Vaccines are Capable of Transmitting Blood
FIVE MILLION AMERICANS INFECTED WITH THE HEPATITIS C VIRUS: A CORRECTED ESTIMATE Hepatitis C
with improperly sterilized gastroscope
6/13/2006
VA offers free HIV, hepatitis
tests 6/27/2006 Infections Associated with Transrectal Ultrasound-Guided Prostate Biopsies In June 2006, in response to the recent reports of problems with reprocessing prostate biopsy needle guides, FDA issued a Public Health Notification. This notification contains a summary of the recommendations for the proper reprocessing of reusable prostate biopsy equipment.† Health-care providers and their staffs should adhere to both the FDA recommendations and the equipment manufacturer's cleaning instructions. FDA Public
Health Notification: Reprocessing of Reusable Ultrasound
Transducer Assemblies Used for Biopsy Procedures
June 19, 2006
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Military application of jet injection in relationship to the transmission of bloodborne viruses.
Produced by: HCVets.com
Narrated by: Harry Hooks, Manager,
HCVets.com Forum
RESULTS: "We Won" by a 4 to 3 vote, the jetguns are only safe if there is NO DETECTABLE BLOOD on the nozzle area. In addition, discussed between the World Health and a member of the FDA panel; HCV is a hardier virus that other bloodborne pathogens like Hep B and HIV. The panel determined the 10ppl of blood needed to transmit Hepatitis C is a bogus idea. This excuse is used by the VA and the CDC to deny claims submitted by veterans stating, it take more blood for Hepatitis C to transmit. In reality, the amount of blood really has nothing to do with the ability to infect. It is the viral load of the blood that sets the precedence for infection. 10 pl of blood can transmit Hepatitis C.
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Minutes from Panel Meeting
Excerpt
General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel
Meeting -
August 9, 2005
Charles E. Edmiston, Jr., Ph.D., Chairperson,
presiding
During the panel meeting this question posed by Dr. Edmiston to MARTIN FRIEDE, Ph.D., Initiative for Vaccine Research, World Health Organization:
CHAIRMAN
EDMISTON: If the devices are used in a compliant manner
the way they're meant to be used, do you think the
devices are safe?
DR. FRIEDE:
The devices that we have seen without a protection cap,
we have data from the calves and the data from the
Hoffman study in Brazil to show that frequent
contamination of the ejected did take place. And that
contamination was clearly of a level of blood that we
are convinced can carry disease. So the devices which do
not have a protection cap which are to be used for
giving intramuscular injection
we are convinced that these carry
a significant risk.
Quick Links to testimony
Yellow Fever vaccine via a jet injector
WHO- Jetguns Significant Risk
If
bleeding nozzle should be resterilize
The Statistics
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Veterans who served in Vietnam accounted for more than 60% of all positive test results. More than half of all liver transplant patients within the Veterans Health Administration are the result of the hepatitis C virus (HCV). Millions of veterans from all wars were infected and most do not know it.[14] Veterans will not get tested because they don't think they were exposed to risk factors stated by the Veterans Affairs Department and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The factors for HCV transmission listed by both agencies, predominately focus on drugs, drug paraphernalia, sexually activities and alcohol as screening tools to test patients.
These Agencies fail to mention, no universal precautions for medical personnel were in place until 1996. Prior to that, it was common practice for medical personnel to reuse devices such as the jetguns, needles and vials that held the vaccine.
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The Hepatitis C Endemic VHA Unique Persons positive for Hepatitis C Antibody Percent by Era of Service
FY 1998-1999 |
The Veterans Administration statistics state 25,470,700 veterans are alive in the United States and the HCV infection rate among veterans in the VA system is about 10% . This means, based on reported numbers of infected people by the CDC, 3,900,000. [4] an estimated 11 3/4% of the general population are veterans, or 458,250 veterans were included in the CDC results. Based on the infection rate quoted by the VA and CDC: 3,441,750 civilians of which 2,547,070 are Veterans, compromise the majority of infected people in the United States. |
Approximately 75% of the estimated people with HCV are Veterans with infections longer than 20 years.
Out of the estimated three million chronically infected stated by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an estimated 2,250,000 had this disease for over 20 years. A projected 20%, or 450,000 veterans, are expected to develop cirrhosis. 90,000 are expected to develop cancer NOW. [5]
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The Acknowledgement
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Backfires- VBA Fast Letter Boost
Claims
The letter works to the Veterans advantage because it acknowledges possible ways for transmitting the virus previously denied by the VA claims adjusters. Claims that are pending or previously denied, should consider this as critical evidence to include.