Utah: Hep C case exposure in Ogden and Layton hospitals

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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/...utbreak-after-exposure-to-hospital-nurse.html


Utah fears thousands infected in hepatitis C outbreak after exposure to hospital nurse
Published January 10, 2016 FoxNews.com

More than 7,000 patients at a Utah hospital were potentially exposed to an ?outbreak? of hepatitis C after coming into contact with an infected former nurse ? but less than half have come in for free testing to find out if they have the disease...

...Mckay-Dee Hospital, in Ogden, and Davis Hospital, in Layton, are offering free testing through the end of January. Those are the hospitals that previously employed 49-year-old nurse Elet Neilson, who contracted a rare strain of the disease, genome 2b. Both that strain and a different variation of hepatitis C have been identified through testing, according to the Standard Examiner. Exposure to the disease is thought to have occurred between June 17, 2013 and Nov. 25, 2014, according to FOX13...

 

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Source: http://www.sltrib.com/news/3737810-155/utah-health-department-investigation-finds-16


Utah Health Department investigation finds 16 cases of hepatitis C linked to hospital outbreaks
By JESSICA MILLER | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published 7 hours ago ? Updated 18 minutes ago

At least 16 people have been connected to a hepatitis C outbreak associated with a nurse employed at two northern Utah hospitals, the Utah Department of Health said Monday.

Health officials began investigating last fall after finding a link between a McKay-Dee Hospital worker, who was infected with the disease, and a patient she had been in contact with who also tested positive for the same rare hepatitis C genotype 2b strain.

Fourteen of the 16 cases were patients from McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, while one case was from Davis Hospital and Medical Center in Layton, according to the news release. The infected nurse, Elet Neilson, also was included in the numbers released Monday...