Mary Wilson
Well-known member
By Nicoletta Lanese published yesterday
Around 2,400 people treated in Oregon hospitals may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne infections due to an anesthesiologist's improper administration of drugs.
Providence, a health care system that operates in several states, notified the public of the exposure risk in a statement Thursday (July 11).
"We recently learned that Providence's comprehensive infection control practices may not have been followed by a physician during some procedures at Portland-area hospitals," the statement reads. These hospitals include Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center. Providence is notifying "approximately 2,200 patients" seen at the former facility and two seen at the latter medical center of this potential risk. ...
https://www.livescience.com/health/...d-to-hiv-hepatitis-through-botched-anesthesia
Around 2,400 people treated in Oregon hospitals may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne infections due to an anesthesiologist's improper administration of drugs.
Providence, a health care system that operates in several states, notified the public of the exposure risk in a statement Thursday (July 11).
"We recently learned that Providence's comprehensive infection control practices may not have been followed by a physician during some procedures at Portland-area hospitals," the statement reads. These hospitals include Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center. Providence is notifying "approximately 2,200 patients" seen at the former facility and two seen at the latter medical center of this potential risk. ...
https://www.livescience.com/health/...d-to-hiv-hepatitis-through-botched-anesthesia