Hospital-Related Infection -- United States
A Colorado hospital says a former employee may have exposed patients who had surgery there to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
Swedish Medical Center in Englewood, Colorado, said Wed 3 Feb 2016, that about 2900 patients should get tested for the viruses. Hospital officials did not detail how the patients could have been put at risk. The medical center said it began contacting patients who had surgery at the hospital between 17 Aug 2015 and 22 Jan 2016, as part of an investigation into a
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