Posts Tagged ‘sterilisation procedures’

Red Cross Volunteers Step in to Help as Thousands are Recalled for Blood Tests

Red Cross Volunteers Step in to Help as Thousands are Recalled for Blood Tests

Volunteers from the Red Cross have stepped in to help as thousands of dental patients are recalled for blood tests. In Nottinghamshire, around 22,000 patients have been contacted and advised to have blood tests after suspicions were raised about a dentist’s sterilisation procedures. Volunteers from the Red Cross have been manning helplines to handle calls […]


Thousands of Dental Patients Advised to Undergo Blood Testing in Infection Scare

Thousands of Dental Patients Advised to Undergo Blood Testing in Infection Scare

More than 22,000 dental patients who were treated by a dentist in Nottinghamshire have been advised to undergo blood testing amid concerns about sterilisation procedures. Patients who were treated by the dentist, who has been working in the county for more than thirty years, are being contacted by NHS England after concerns were raised about […]