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The 1980s closed with a string of lawsuits for Banchongmanie and his abortion facility. The '90s brought a new decade -- but apparently no new behavior on anybody's part.

Investigative findings, 4-17-90, included:

• 8 of 25 abortion patients were prepped, on IV medications, prior to arrival of physician or RN
  
• suction containers in both ORs dirty
  
• medications opened and undated
  
• prep carts dirty, dusty, with open and unlabeled syringes
  
• dirty disinfectant pans
  
• instruments not completely submerged in disinfectant
  
• two shelves of undated autoclaved instrument trays, wrapped in dirty or stained linen
  
• dirty linens covering equipment
  
• dirty, filled mop bucket stored in scrub room
  
• scrub sink dirty, containing two dirty cups, a dirty ashtray
  
• sink, hopper, and counters extremely dirty and dusty in instrument room
  
• gauze pads lying open on dirty counter
  
• box of curettes on floor
  
• dirty recovery room crash cart
  
• supplies exposed to dust and dirt in open drawers
  
• dirty floors in pro-op and post-op rooms, with dirty build up on baseboards and commodes
  

Banchongmanie reported to investigators that he had plans to remodel his facility to meet minimum state requirements. The question is why anybody would believe him, since he'd been given over a decade already to clean up his act. (Louisville Courier-Journal 6-25-94; Memorandum in Support of Findings ABO#-22113, Investigative Reports ARO-1 Reference No. 21451 & 22113)

Next, did Banchongmanie really turn over a new leaf with the beginning of the new decade?

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