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As was the case in Buffalo, needles were changed with each use of the insulin pens, the Olean hospital said.
WSJ: 2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
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The pens have been removed from use at Olean General.
WSJ: 2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
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That adherence to the home office's policy is critical to the entire approach since it provides the consistency to customers that assures them that a Burger King Whopper in Olean, N.
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Olean General had not identified any specific patients who may have received an injection from another patient's pen and knew of no cases of infection, Finan said in a news release.
WSJ: 2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
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"Interviews with nursing staff indicated that the practice of using one patient's insulin pen for other patients may have occurred on some patients, " said Timothy Finan, president and chief executive of Upper Allegheny Health System, the parent company of the Olean hospital.
WSJ: 2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection
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"Regardless, to the extent there may be a chance, however remote, that any patient was provided insulin from an insulin pen other than their own, Olean General Hospital has decided to be proactive and aggressive with respect to notification of our patients, " the release said.
WSJ: 2nd NY hospital warns of insulin pen infection