Westport Plastic Surgeon Again Cited By DPH

C-HIT by Theresa Sullivan Barger | Sep 26, 2012 7:45 am  –   A Westport plastic surgeon who is on probation and was fined $29,000 last year faces further sanctions following unannounced inspections of his center that found additional violations for lax management of nursing care, sanitation and infection control.

When an inspector from the state Department of Public Health visited Imperial Plastic Surgery for three days in March, the inspector found several violations, including unqualified nurses, slipshod record keeping, improper sterilization procedures and unsanitary conditions, such as an open bag of trash and an open container of soiled linens. These and other violations were delineated in a 58-page, Aug. 29 consent order signed by Dr. Joel B. Singer, the sole owner of the facility, which also operates under the name: Center for Ambulatory Surgery.  Read more