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1. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), “CMS Proposes to Expand Quality Program for Hospital Inpatient Services in FY 2009,” CMS Press Release, April 14, 2008, http://www.cms.hhs.gov/apps/media/press/release.asp?Counter=3041&intNumPerPage=10&ch eckDate=&checkKey=&srchType=1&numDays=3500&srchOpt=0&srchData=&srchOpt=0&srch Data=&keywordType=All&chkNewsType=1%2C+2%2C+3%2C+4%2C+5&intPage=&showAll= &pYear=&year=&desc=&cboOrder=date, June 11, 2008.
   
2. ECRI Institute, “SGNA Releases Final Reprocessing Guidelines for Flexible Endoscopes,” HRC Alert, May 21, 2008.
   
3. Scott Sonner, Associated Press Writer, “CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak,” Mercury News.com, May 16, 2008, www.mercurynews.com/drive/ci_9285466, June 11, 2008.
   
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), “Acute Hepatitis C Virus Infections Attributed to Unsafe Injection Practices at an Endoscopy Clinic --- Nevada, 2007,” MMWR, Vol. 15, No. 19, May 16, 2008, pp. 513-517, http://www.cdc.gov/mmwR/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5719a2.htm.
   
5. Annette Wells and Paul Harasim, “EXPOSURE FEARED: 40,000 LV clinic patients urged to be tested for viruses - Syringe reuse at Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada ‘common practice,’” Las Vegas Review-Journal, Feb. 28, 2008.
   
6. “Misuse of Syringes Found as Cause of Hepatitis C Outbreak,” Health Highlights, washingtonpost.com, May 17, 2008, www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/17/AR2008051701436.html, June 11, 2008.
   
7. ECRI Institute, “Physicians in Clinic Tied to Syringe Reuse Barred from Practicing Medicine,” HRC Alert, May 7, 2008.
   
8. Adapted from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007, CDC, Atlanta, GA, 2007. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/gl_isolation.html.