The U.S. House of Representatives has plans to take a look at patient safety lapses at the John Cochran VAMC in north St. Louis.
Rep. Russ Carnahan, a Democrat, after two separate problems with sterilization at Cochran.
The first, , led more than a thousand veterans to get tested for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. (, but there was no indication that the clinic led to the illnesses.)
And in February, the hospital for more than a month after it found spots on instruments.
The hearings in front of the are supposed to review the response of the VA to the problems at Cochran and the . A yesterday for a hearing at the hospital there.
