24 Nov
235 Patients Exposed To Dirty Instruments
(Australia) Queensland’s Chief Health Officer, Dr. Jeannette Young, admitted it took a week for staff at Bundaberg Hospital dental health clinic to realize non-sterilized dental instruments had been used on patients. As many as 235 people could have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis after the November 6 incident.
She said a clinic worker had prepared dental instruments, including incision tools, for sterilization in an autoclave but forgot to switch …
