There was a story with some discussion here on HN that I can't sadly track down via Algolia now. It told about a person that tracked down information about those tests, motivated by death of some relative who was undergoing surgery at the time, and got infected with a germ that shouldn't even be there.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1003703226697496080
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/bodyhorrors/2015/06/28/san...
There was a story with some discussion here on HN that I can't sadly track down via Algolia now. It told about a person that tracked down information about those tests, motivated by death of some relative who was undergoing surgery at the time, and got infected with a germ that shouldn't even be there.