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Recommendations to be put in place after an audit of VA Medical Centers

An audit of personnel review procedures at hospitals in West Virginia that serve veterans has found problems at a second facility. The full audit of Veterans Health Administration personnel procedures came after an initial review found that the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg failed to complete a timely background check of a former nursing assistant who admitted to killing seven older veterans at the hospital with injections of insulin. The Exponent Telegram reported that a new report said it also found inadequate background checks at the Beckley VA Medical Center. The Veterans Affairs Administration agreed with three recommendations to improve procedures.

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