VA Flunks Inspection

VA Inspections Expose Training Flaws 06/15/09. Fewer than half of Veterans Affairs clinics given a surprise inspection last month had proper training and guidelines in place for common endoscopic procedures such as colonoscopies - even after the agency learned that mistakes may have exposed thousands of veterans to HIV and other diseases. The findings, from the VA's inspector general and obtained by The Associated Press, suggest that errors in colonoscopies and other minimally invasive procedures performed at VA facilities may be more widespread than initially believed. Military.com