DR. KAPLAN CLAIMS THAT SINGLE USE DEVICES CAN BE REUSED AFTER REPROCESSING BUT IS UNCLEAR ON HOW DR. KAPLAN REPROCESSED THE DEVICES HE REUSED.
Yet another medical clinic here in Las Vegas has been accused of reusing single-use-only medical devices on multiple patients. This may be 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 single-use-only medical devices used during prostate biopsies and other procedures.
Dr. Kaplan through his attorney has claimed to have cleaned the single-use-only devices between procedures but it is unclear whether those procedures match up to the rigorous standards set by the Food and Drug Administration. The Health district has yet to release any information as to whether Dr. Kaplan’s actions have resulted in any of his patients becoming infected with diseases such as HIV or Hepatitis C. Please see our earlier posts for more information. If you or someone you know has been treated by Dr. Kaplan between November of 2010 and March of 2011, call Christensen Law Offices immediately at (702) 870-1000.
The FDA has only approved a select amount of devices that my be re-used and place stringent rules on cleaning. Unfortunately, the devices used by Dr. Kaplan where not on the FDA approved list.
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