An honest mistake?

Healthcare workers are now giving the GAD (Geithner and Daschle) excuse. A mistake. They've been reusing needles and syringes, according to a story in the WSJ today. I guess we haven't heard much about it since it wasn't AIDS, just Hepatitis C.

"It isn't that health-care professionals have malicious intent or a desire to shortchange the patient, but they just aren't thinking through and understanding how they are putting the patient at risk."

And that was said by a victim of hepatitis C. Wonder what excuse the administrators of the clinics give? And honest mistake? I didn't know? Well, it was only reused once or twice? Will this hurt my confirmation for Surgeon General?