Wrong Washing Fluid Endangers Surgery Patients

This, as they say, beggars the imagination.

Surgeons' tools at two Duke University hospitals were washed not in disinfectant, but elevator hydraulic fluid.

Then used during surgery.

On 3,800 patients.

Don't worry -- lawsuits are underway.

Read the unbelievable details.

Update 19 Jun 2005: More details emerge as lawsuits are filed.