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Patients In Northumberland Recalled For Blood Tests

Patients In Northumberland Recalled For Blood Tests

Dental patients in Northumberland have been recalled for blood tests following dental treatment. The local NHS Primary Care Trust advised patients of a former dentist in Alnwick to undergo the tests. Patients of the dentist, who is no longer practising, were encouraged to have blood tests after concerns were raised over infection control procedures. One […]


Four veterans test positive for Hepatitis

Four veterans test positive for Hepatitis

The Veteran’s Association confirmed that four veterans have tested positive for Hepatitis; two cases of Hepatitis C and two cases of Hepatitis B have been recorded. The tests were conducted following the discovery of poor sterilisation procedures at the John Cochran Veteran’s Association Hospital in St Louis; more than 1,800 veterans were contacted and invited […]


Veterans involved in St Louis blunder test positive for infectious diseases

Veterans involved in St Louis blunder test positive for infectious diseases

Blood tests carried out following a sterilisation blunder at the John Cochran Veteran Affairs Medical Center have confirmed that some veterans have been infected with HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Over 1,800 veterans were contacted following an investigation, which revealed that the sterilisation process was not being completed properly and instruments were not being […]


No punishments for sterilisation blunders

No punishments for sterilisation blunders

Nobody will be punished for two sterilisation blunders at a Queensland school, it has been revealed. Dr Adrian Nowitzke, the CEO if the Gold Coast Health District, has announced that nobody will be penalised following an investigation into the breaches of sterilisation, which occurred last September and November at a dental clinic at the Musgrave […]


Mackay children get the all-clear following dental blunder

Mackay children get the all-clear following dental blunder

Four schoolchildren from Mackay have been given the all-clear after having blood tests following a sterilisation incident last week. The children, who were in year 4 and year 7, received treatment from a mobile dental unit at the Fitzgerald State Primary School last week. It was discovered shortly after that instruments that had not been fully sterilised […]