1.0Public Citizenhttps://www.citizen.orgDiane Krauthamerhttps://www.citizen.org/author/dkrauthamer/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Rlxg0YM9yw"><a href="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-wyoming-department-of-health-regarding-sheridan-memorial-hospital/">Letter to Wyoming Department of Health Regarding Sheridan Memorial Hospital</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.citizen.org/article/letter-to-wyoming-department-of-health-regarding-sheridan-memorial-hospital/embed/#?secret=Rlxg0YM9yw" width="600" height="338" title="“Letter to Wyoming Department of Health Regarding Sheridan Memorial Hospital” — Public Citizen" data-secret="Rlxg0YM9yw" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Public Citizen recently learned from an internal hospital memo and other sources of information that in a November 2011 inspection at Wyoming’s Sheridan Memorial Hospital in Sheridan, the Wyoming Department of Health discovered that the hospital was no longer properly sterilizing or disinfecting reusable laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) between uses in patients undergoing surgery. As a result, several hundred patients undergoing surgery at a Wyoming hospital may have been exposed to a variety of infectious viral and bacterial agents over a period of several months.https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/public_citizen_shared_link.jpg1200628