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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / December 2004Up to 3,150,000 faulty 'AIDS' tests a week! - USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-03-19-hiv-results_x.htm One machine performed 8,400 tests a week and it is estimated that 10% to 15% "were inaccurate". Adaltis has installed more than 2,500 of these Labotech machines, which can perform up to eight blood tests simultaneously, according to the company's Web site. 2,500 x 8,400 divided by 15% (faulty tests) = Up to 3,150,000 faulty tests a week ____________ Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said a congressional hearing will be held in May to look into the equipment and its use. "Every patient that took their test there — their trust was completely betrayed," said Turner, who now lives in a Southeastern state that she declined to identify. "People should be able to trust that when they go somewhere, they are going to get the right results." >http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-03-19-hiv-results_x.htm > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >2,500 x 8,400 divided by 15% (faulty tests) = >Up to 3,150,000 faulty tests a week This figure is based on a bucketload of speculations. <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.md.general19may19,0,7218336.story ?coll=bal-home-headlines> Maryland General, an affiliate of the University of Maryland Health System (UMMS), issued HIV and hepatitis test results to more than 450 patients even though the readings on laboratory instruments indicated those results might be inaccurate. The machine warned them of problems and they ignored the warning. Edmond F. Notebaert, UMMS president, said retests have been offered to about 2,100 patients, two patients who originally tested negative for HIV tested positive in the retests and three who had tested negative for hepatitis tested positive. All or almost all of the test results the machine warned about were correct anyway.  SignatureDavid Canzi You quote the president of the company making the machines. Very convincing.....not. The fact there is an offical enquiry says it all. >You quote the president of the company making the machines. No I didn't. <http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=cptlsd%24ei9%241%40rumours.uwaterloo.ca> SignatureDavid Canzi Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said a congressional hearing will be held in May to look into the equipment and its use. >Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said a congressional hearing will be held in >May to look into the equipment and its use. In May, we held our initial hearing to look into allegations, first reported by the Baltimore Sun in March, that Maryland General Hospital released more than 450 invalid HIV and hepatitis test results from June 2002 to August 2003, despite error messages from the testing instrument indicating that the results might be incorrect. ... Sadly, the case of Maryland General appears to be one in which laboratory supervisors not only failed to ensure that proper quality controls were in place but also deliberately altered or concealed information that would have led to the discovery of invalid test results being released to patients. Rep. Elijah Cummings <http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Cummings%20opening%20statement.pdf> SignatureDavid Canzi |
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