RE:RE:LiabilityRE:Liability posted November 22, 2018 09:37 am by Darrow100 Darrow wrote: That would be true only if the FDA, Health Canada, or whomever, had made it mandatory that all scopes and medical intrusive devices actually be sterlized - which isn't the case right now. Rebinvest and Darrow are bringing up a very interesting issue. Professionals have a duty to perform their services to the highest degree of care/standards, using ways and means available at the time of such performance. Im sure professionals on this board can elaborate better than I. Older versions of VP4s have been available for several years but until FDAs latest approvals, perhaps it was impossible to sterilize scopes to FDA standards, ensuring patients would not be infected by deadly bacteria. VP4s have proven that they will do the work and eliminate life threatening bacteria. They are available right now and per se have risen the bar in so far as obligating professionals to ensure that their medical services/ devices are bacteria proof when treating patients ever since TSO3 received FDA's blessing. However, forget FDA, CDC, Health Canada or any other similar organizations, professionals using devices that could potentially harm their patients owe patients a duty of care not before attainable, but most definitely achievable now. There should be tremendous pressure exerted on targeted professionals and hospitals right now. There is no doubt that we will shortly see a case where an infected victim will blame her/his doctor or hospital for having injured him or her because of having used improperly cleaned instruments: however, were medical practioners supposed to be aware of the fact that such unfortunate event was avoidable if the instruments had been sterilized using a VP4? Lawyers will have a field day suing for malpractice and in such cases, ignorance is not bliss! Professional indemnity insurers will highly likely start to ask questions, but then who will rat and make them aware of the existence of VP4s? If I were to sell VP4s, I'd have a cheat sheet already prepared but doubtful would I be permitted by TSO3 to mail it out, and I can appreciate why as this could create enormous legal and PR problems. Surely, TSO3 cannot manufacture enough VP4s to meet the tremendous, immediate and urgent demand. However, knowing what we know now, why havent the big boys in the manufacturing or distribution of sensitive medical devices jumped on the opportunity to buy TSO3 on the cheap? Should be a no brainer, right? Would doing so like admitting responsibility to the fact that their devices on the market now are improper and endangering patients' life? They've known for a long time that their product posed danger. Two majors abandoned us, why? Where is J&J? What pieces of the puzzle am I missing here? Any thoughts?