ALERT: Las Vegas Urologist cited by Health District for using contaminated Prostate Biopsy Medical Devices.
March 15, 2011
Dear Clients of Christensen Law Offices,
Lamentably, it has come to our attention that yet another medical clinic here in Las Vegas has been accused of reusing single-use-only medical devices on multiple patients. This appears to be very similar to the circumstances that led to the 2008 Hepatitis C outbreak brought on by the alleged unsanitary practices at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. This time the Health District has cited urologist Dr. Michael Kaplan’s actions involving prostate biopsies.
If you or someone you know has been treated by Las Vegas urologist Dr. Michael Kaplan involving a prostate biopsy please contact Christensen Law Offices immediately at (702) 870-1000. As quoted in the Review Journal newspaper on March 15, 2011, an official from the Nevada health district has noted that "[t]he danger is blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C[.]" Currently the Health District has cited a risk of infection rather than any yet documented cases.
March 15, 2011
Dear Clients of Christensen Law Offices,
Lamentably, it has come to our attention that yet another medical clinic here in Las Vegas has been accused of reusing single-use-only medical devices on multiple patients. This appears to be very similar to the circumstances that led to the 2008 Hepatitis C outbreak brought on by the alleged unsanitary practices at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada. This time the Health District has cited urologist Dr. Michael Kaplan’s actions involving prostate biopsies.
If you or someone you know has been treated by Las Vegas urologist Dr. Michael Kaplan involving a prostate biopsy please contact Christensen Law Offices immediately at (702) 870-1000. As quoted in the Review Journal newspaper on March 15, 2011, an official from the Nevada health district has noted that "[t]he danger is blood-borne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis C[.]" Currently the Health District has cited a risk of infection rather than any yet documented cases.
There has been some evidence in some studies that because a biopsy is an invasive procedure, if there are any cancer cells present, it can cause them to enter the bloodstream and travel to locate and grow a new cancer in a new location. In other words, the consequence of a biopsy may be to give you a more dangerous form of cancer.
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