Missouri: Veterans Hospital in St. Louis Resumes Surgery

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Surgical procedures have resumed at the Veterans Affairs hospital in St. Louis more than a month after a shutdown over sterilization concerns. The Cochran V.A. medical center suspended such procedures on Feb. 2 after surgical trays were found to be pitted with corrosion. Procedures resumed Thursday. The sterilization concern was the second in less than a year at the Cochran center. Faulty sterilization at its dental clinic last year raised concerns that 1,812 veterans were potentially exposed to

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No such infections have been connected to the dental clinic.