UW Hospital doctors on Friday defended their response to a deadly brain disorder case in which a woman died and other patients may have been exposed, saying they are taking immediate and aggressive measures to sterilize potentially contaminated surgical instruments and inform the public of what happened.
Dr. Carl Getto, the hospital’s chief medical officer, said he believed that no one at his facility erred and that the hospital was not negligent. He said the hospital was not required to notify patients or the public but chose to do so in part because notification has become standard practice for hospitals in similar situations.