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Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
Patient-to-Patient HIV Transmission Trial
Lancet (12/17/94) Vol. 344, No. 8938, P. 1695 Ragg, Mark
A surgeon in Sydney, Australia, was recently found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct after the apparent HIV infection of four people who attended his surgery in November 1989. The New South Wales Medical Tribunal said that Dr. Todd Davis was responsible for the infection of four women who had minor procedures performed in his surgery on the same day as a man who later died of AIDS. The man was not known to be HIV- infected at the time. Despite its finding, the tribunal-- which has the power to deregister doctors--took no action against the doctor. "The very fact that these proceedings were taken constitute severe punishment. We would propose that [Dr. Davis] be reprimanded," said Judge Hubert Bell, chairman of the tribunal. Another unusual feature of the case is that the nature of Davis' violation of professional conduct was not determined. While the prosecution favored the theory that he had used multiple-dose vials of local anesthetic, they found no evidence that Davis had used anything but single-dose vials. Davis faces civil proceedings from at least one of the infected women.
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Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 1994. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.
