• 3,000 Patients Possibly Exposed to HIV/Hepatitis At New Jersey Surgical Center
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A New Jersey surgical center may have exposed more than 3,000 patients to HIV and hepatitis, state officials said. People who received a procedure at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey between Jan. 1 and Sept. 7 have been requested to take a blood test for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after “deficiencies in infection control” in the medical center’s cleaning and medication injection processes put them at risk. No infections or illnesses have been reported so far, HealthPlus Surgery Center administrator Betty McCabe said in a statement. Even so, health officials recommend patients get tested as soon as they can. So far, 3,778 patients have been asked to take a test. According to the statement, the New Jersey Department of Health closed down the surgical center in September after finding that employees were not adhering to proper sterile processing procedures or regulations around dispensing and storing medication. The center reopened on Sept. 28. “We have taken this issue very seriously,” McCabe said. “The New Jersey Department of Health’s move to close the facility provided an opportunity to focus more intently on quality, safety and a consistent adherence to sound policies and procedures.” New Jersey https://gizmodo.com/a-new-jersey-hospital-could-have-exposed-thousands-of-p-1831326034 https://www.rt.com/usa/447359-new-jersey-hospital-hiv/ Over 3,000 patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and C a..
Nothing found as of yet, just a precaution when an auditor found shit not being done correctly. Let's hope that no lasting damage has been caused. Props to the hospital itself for picking up on it and acting responsibly.
Lmfao how can you fuck up this badly
What really tickles me here is that they are asking these patients to come back to the same place that may or may not have infected them by taking blood with their needles..
My girlfriend who lives in NJ just recently got surgery so this was not a fun headline to read at all. I'm glad it's not what I thought but shit what a fuckup.
Surprised it wasn't CentraState, god's super-expressway.
This doesn't surprise me, most hospitals in northern NJ fail just about all their inspections. There was a site that ranked hospitals, and when I checked all the local ones, you'd risk dying there more than saying fuck it and fixing yourself. Most failed in infectious diseases, a few had a scary amount of wrongful death cases, and a lot had things go missing inside patients. East Orange General was ranked the worst though, by a significant margin.
wtf why is the place still running????
my area is undergoing a hep A outbreak hip hip hooray
what the shit wasnt there a measles outbreak too?
Oh I live in North Louisiana, but this article just reminded me that I should get tested
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