UPI, Thousands of Oregon hospital patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV
After an anesthesiologist may have exposed thousands of people treated at several hospitals in Oregon to hepatitis and HIV, those patients are being advised to get tested for the diseases.
Two health care providers in Portland -- Providence and Legacy Health -- have been told to offer the tests as a safety precaution.
"We recently learned that Providence's comprehensive infection control practices may not have been followed by a physician during some procedures at Portland-area hospitals, including Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Providence Portland Medical Center and other non-Providence hospitals," Providence said in a statement issued Thursday. "The physician was employed by Oregon Anesthesiology Group (OAG), which no longer provides services for Providence."
The physician is no longer employed by OAG, according to the statement.
But I'll bet he/she/ze got his/her/hir DEI procedures right.
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