business going on from the pipeline and canal. that s what we re hearing. we will keep our eyes on that because if it were to shut down, that could impact the prices we pay here in the united states. thank you so much. parts of the southeast coated in snow this morning for the second time in two weeks. you can see in these pictures, big trucks were no match for interstate 40. jackknifed in the snow and landed in ditches. also the snow falling in russellville, arkansas made driving treacherous there. louisiana, to virginia were affected. meantime, residents here in metro atlanta woke up to a little wet snow this morning. these are live pictures of our skyline. crews were out to keep the roads clear after the ice storm that literally shut us down. i can t believe it was a month ago now. feels like yesterday. certainly does. we don t have the resources to deal with the ice and snow like other states.
there checks and balances. in the private sector, there are usually state organizations and regulatory bodies that come into physicians offices and into surgery centers to make sure that we are following the correct procedures for sterilization. it s really important, at least in the private sector, that if a patient has any suspicions, they need to go, first of all, to the physician in the center and say what techniques do you use? if that doesn t satisfy them, then they need to go to regulatory boards, usually the medical or dental boards. yes, that position definitely should have been regulated. so there are more people at fault there in my opinion than just the physician. interesting. you mention the private sector. when you see what is happening at the va and this has been more than once because we always cover this story because we want the best medical care for our vets, especially after what they have been going through, dealing with two wars. absolutely, absolutely. do y
acceptable and we take the safety of our patients seriously. the infection risk is tremly low and limited. screenings for hepatitis c and hiv are being offered at no cost to the veteran. should an affected veteran test positive, the va will provide the necessary care and treatment without charge. you re looking at live pictures from washington right now. a gathering of who is who among conservatives. the annual conservative political action conference or cpac. three days of speeches, strategy sessions and lots of noise about who might be seeking the gop nomination in 2012. speaking right now you probably know her, minnesota represent michelle bachmann. we will have a live report from cpac in a few minutes.
and wore dirty gloves while using the lunch room microwave. the report shows other employees, even a former supervisor knew how slack the dentist was in the hygiene department and are you ready for this? these disgusting practices went on for 18 years and employees knew it. that dentist has been off the job since last summer and he is now under investigation. but he still is on the va s payroll. serious deja vu here. the same kind of breakdown happened last year at a va dental clinic in st. louis. the year before that, hundreds of vets, possibly exposed to hiv and hepatitis through dirty colonoscopy equipment. don t forget those vets who got letters mistakenly telling them they had the fatal lou gehrig s disease. these are the type of mistakes that get dr. jorge rodriguez talking, an expert in medicine.
though rare, it s possible. thank god, too. doctor, real quick, before i let you go. if i go to the va for on care and i m concerned, i m seeing the story and i m concerned, what do i need to do if i m going to go get in that dentist chair? well, the first thing is you need to ask them what sterilization techniques do you use? you have to make sure that they are kroog glovusing gloves. if you see one dentist go to one patient to another without changing gloves red flag. if you have a problem, go to their supervisor and if you don t get any reply, go to the administrator with the hospital. if you have a problem with, that then you need to go to your congressman s office and complain about that va system and the va department which is a federal department so many roads one can go. dr. rodriguez, thank you so much. my pleasure. va is telling us telling us this. failure to follow infection control procedures is not