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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / AIDS / February 2005Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results
Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results By FOSTER KLUG, Associated Press writer BALTIMORE - Thousands of patients could have received questionable HIV (news - web sites) test results — not just hundreds, as hospital officials have suggested, according to a former lab worker who says she believes she was infected in an accident involving a faulty blood analyzer. "Every single test that came off that machine should be in question, from its first day in use," said Kristin Turner, a former lab worker at Maryland General Hospital who is suing the hospital and the maker of the analyzer for $30 million. >Ex-Lab Worker Questions HIV Test Results > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >have suggested, according to a former lab worker who says she believes she >was infected in an accident involving a faulty blood analyzer. Same crap again. One machine was vekachte. That doesn't mean all tests are worthless. Or that HIV doesn't exist or cause AIDS. False arguments based on distortions of the facts. George M. Carter "One machine was vekachte." No. I have posted other article about faulty machines. The tests are also worthless. 'AIDS' does NOT exist and the tests are a joke. >"One machine was vekachte." > >No. I have posted other article about faulty machines. You have posted multiple copies each of several articles about ONE faulty machine and tried to extrapolate, from this sample size of 1, to an epidemic of faulty machines and incorrect test results. The machine in question (a Labotech machine at Maryland General) warned its operators that its results were questionable, and they ignored the warnings. The questionable test results were later found to be accurate.  SignatureDavid Canzi " The questionable test results were later found to be accurate" An outright lie. >The questionable test results were later found to be accurate" > >An outright lie. ... 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. 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. He said the new results don't necessarily mean the original results were wrong because the status of the patients might have changed. More than 1,000 patients have been retested, hospital officials say. <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.md.general19may19,0,7218336.story ?coll=bal-home-headlines> Retesting has confirmed that the original test results were overwhelmingly accurate. <http://reform.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Written%20Testimony%20of%20E.%20Notebaert.pdf> SignatureDavid Canzi You are quoting the testimony of Edmond F. Notebaert on behalf of the University of Maryland Medical System NOT the findings of the investigation. What do you expect him to say? Another piece of your distorted reporting and bending of the truth. >You are quoting the testimony of Edmond F. Notebaert on behalf of the >University of Maryland Medical System NOT the findings of the >investigation. > >What do you expect him to say? What you would do in a situation like that is not what everybody, or even most people, would do. Don't assume most people are like you -- they're not. You're so far down the left tail of the moral bell curve you need a telescope ro see the hump. SignatureDavid Canzi You are quoting the testimony of Edmond F. Notebaert on behalf of the University of Maryland Medical System NOT the findings of the investigation. What do you expect him to say? Another piece of your distorted reporting and bending of the truth. |
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