NEW YORK: Hepatitis Testing for Four

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CDC 02-08-11

NEW YORK: " Hepatitis Testing for Four "

Newsday (Melville) (02.08.11):: Delthia Ricks

Four patients of an Oceanside pain management center in South Nassau Communities

Hospital are being notified they should be screened for hepatitis C, hepatitis

B, and HIV, state health officials announced on Monday. The state health

department began an investigation last year after a patient at the center

contracted hepatitis C; a patient treated earlier on that same day had a chronic

hepatitis C infection. The center is cooperating fully, officials said. So far,

no evidence has linked the initial case to the acute infection, and there is no

evidence of HIV or hepatitis B being transmitted. State officials are

recommending the four patients be tested " out of an abundance of caution, " an

investigator said.

[Guest guest]

CDC 02-08-11

NEW YORK: " Hepatitis Testing for Four "

Newsday (Melville) (02.08.11):: Delthia Ricks

Four patients of an Oceanside pain management center in South Nassau Communities

Hospital are being notified they should be screened for hepatitis C, hepatitis

B, and HIV, state health officials announced on Monday. The state health

department began an investigation last year after a patient at the center

contracted hepatitis C; a patient treated earlier on that same day had a chronic

hepatitis C infection. The center is cooperating fully, officials said. So far,

no evidence has linked the initial case to the acute infection, and there is no

evidence of HIV or hepatitis B being transmitted. State officials are

recommending the four patients be tested " out of an abundance of caution, " an

investigator said.