SoCal Health Clinic Patients Possibly Exposed To Hepatitis, HIV

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SoCal Health Clinic Patients Possibly Exposed To Hepatitis, HIV

An unidentified nurse is believed to have contaminated the IV line.

KTLA News

SAN PEDRO ( KTLA) -- A contaminated IV line is being blamed for a patient

contracting Hepatitis C at a San Pedro health clinic.

Officials are urging patients of the Advanced Pain Treatment and Medical Center

who were treated between Jan. 16, 2006 and Aug. 18, 2010 to get tested for

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.

An unidentified nurse is believed to have contaminated the IV line that was

improperly administered.

The nurse, who is no longer administering IVs, is still working at the clinic.

A second case, involving a patient contracting Hepatitis B, has also been linked

to the clinic.

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SoCal Health Clinic Patients Possibly Exposed To Hepatitis, HIV

An unidentified nurse is believed to have contaminated the IV line.

KTLA News

SAN PEDRO ( KTLA) -- A contaminated IV line is being blamed for a patient

contracting Hepatitis C at a San Pedro health clinic.

Officials are urging patients of the Advanced Pain Treatment and Medical Center

who were treated between Jan. 16, 2006 and Aug. 18, 2010 to get tested for

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.

An unidentified nurse is believed to have contaminated the IV line that was

improperly administered.

The nurse, who is no longer administering IVs, is still working at the clinic.

A second case, involving a patient contracting Hepatitis B, has also been linked

to the clinic.