Taiwan: 5 Get Organs With H.I.V.

[okarol]

August 30, 2011
Taiwan: 5 Get Organs With H.I.V.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
One of Taiwan’s best-regarded hospitals said H.I.V.-infected organs were mistakenly transplanted into five patients after a staff member misheard the donor’s test results over the telephone. The five are now being treated with anti-AIDS drugs, an official at the National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei said Monday. The hospital said on its Web site that the mistake occurred because a staff member mistakenly believed he heard the English word “nonreactive” concerning the donor’s standard H.I.V. test. The donor’s heart, liver, lungs and two kidneys were transplanted into separate patients on the same day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/world/asia/30briefs-Hiv.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimeshealth&seid=auto

[lmunchkin]

This is so sad to hear!  But with anything like this, there is always the "Human Error" to enter into it!  So very sad.

lmunch