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Veterans? (MERGED)

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MililaniBuckeye said:
The correct Air Force abbreviations are:

Lt Col
Col

The ones you used are for Army (and Marines, IIRC) Lieutenant Colonels and Colonels...
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actually we use those also...I have worked with many phyisicans that sign medical records with those abbrev......the one that I know is truely different is mine....I sign medical records with CAPT. not CPT which I think is Army...
 
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MSG, USA Ret.

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10 veterans test positive for hepatitis after colonoscopies - USATODAY.com
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The Veterans Affairs department says 10 people have tested positive for infectious liver disease since they were exposed to contaminated colonoscopy equipment.
The 10 are among thousands of patients who have been warned to get blood tests since being treated at VA facilities in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Miami and Augusta, Ga. All three sites failed to properly sterilize equipment between treatments.

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The VA recently warned some veterans who had colonoscopies as far back as five years ago at those hospitals that they may have been exposed to the body fluids of other patients and should undergo tests to make sure they haven't contracted serious illnesses.
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The review of all VA medical centers and outpatient clinics followed reports in February that the department discovered "improperly reprocessed" endoscopic equipment used for colonoscopies in Murfreesboro and ear, nose and throat exams in Augusta, Ga.
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According to a VA e-mail, only about half of the Murfreesboro and Augusta patients notified by letter of a mistake that exposed them to "potentially infectious fluids" have requested appointments for follow-up blood tests offered by the department.
In February, the VA said it sent letters offering the tests to about 6,400 patients who had colonoscopies between April 23, 2003, and Dec. 1, 2008, at Murfreesboro and to about 1,800 patients treated over 11 months last year at Augusta.
The VA has now sent letters advising 3,260 patients who had colonoscopies between May 2004 and March 12 at the Miami Veterans Affairs Healthcare System that they also should get tests for HIV, hepatitis and other infectious diseases.
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this isnt the place to politicize healthcare. i saw this. saw they havent warned more than half the people. we have a lot of people who have served on this site. i guess ill do my part post this...
 
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