Saddle Brook, NJ – More than 3,000 patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis

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    Saddle Brook, NJ – The New Jersey Department of Health says more than 3,000 patients at a surgery center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

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    Officials say patients who had procedures done at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook between January 2018 and Sept. 7, 2018 may have been exposed.

    Surgery center administrator Betty McCabe says the exposure was due to “deficiencies in infection control” involving the cleaning of instruments and injection of medications. McCabe says 3,778 patients are being urged to get their blood tested.

    The health department says the risk of infection is low, and no illnesses have been reported. The department called it “an abundance of caution” to suggest that people be tested.

    McCabe says the center is offering to pay medical costs associated with testing.


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    commonsense99
    commonsense99
    5 years ago

    People with no medical background should be banned from owning medical facilities, this place is owned by a real estate developer from long island who has zero medical background, its all about money, places like this should be padlocked

    abilenetx
    abilenetx
    5 years ago

    What happens if some of the people developed the diseases above that is one thing with those diseases you cant give them 2 aspirins or some antibiotics and make it go away, for these are long term diseases. Who pays for them if people start being positive??