Friday, 3 June 2016

PRO/EDR> HIV: USA (CO) nosocomial, India transfusion related

HIV/AIDS -- United States
A former surgical tech charged with swapping syringes at a Denver [Colorado] hospital so he could steal liquid pain medication has tested positive for HIV, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
[The former surgical technician], 28, was indicted in February [2016] for tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by deceit. Swedish Medical Center, which fired him in January [2016], has offered free testing to about 3000 patients for HIV, and hepatitis C and B. So far 2500

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1ZkHMGt

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