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Hepatitus C fear for Thousands in Nevada

LAS VEGAS - A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C — but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday.

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Old 02-28-2008   #1 (permalink)
Mandee is offline
Hepatitus C fear for Thousands in Nevada

LAS VEGAS - A clinic may have infected a handful of patients with hepatitis C — but about 40,000 more should be tested for that virus, as well as for HIV, health officials said Wednesday.

Hepatitis C fear for thousands in Nevada - Infectious diseases - MSNBC.com
 
Old 02-28-2008   #2 (permalink)
cinnamon is offline

OMG this is not good news at all. It shows how easy one's life can change. The hospital may have to get ready to close it's doors!
 
Old 02-28-2008   #3 (permalink)
Mandee is offline

Yep, and people are going to lose their licenses! I smell a lawsuit.
 
Old 02-28-2008   #4 (permalink)
TattooedMamaMeg is offline

Wow! That's some scary shit... I'd be interested in knowing exactly what "unsafe practices" were used... Hep C isn't something to mess with. My uncle has Hep C, and he's already been informed that he'll probably have to have a liver transplant before he dies. Yuck.
 
Old 02-28-2008   #5 (permalink)
Bbucko is offline

It's at the bottom of the article:

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The virus may have been spread when clinic staff reused syringes and used a single dose of anesthesia medication on multiple patients, the district said.
Gross institutionalized negligence needs to be dealt with in a way that ensures it will never be repeated. I hope it costs them plenty.
 

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