Colo. scrub tech hears charges in hepatitis C case

(AP) -- A Denver hospital said Monday it has asked every patient who had surgery there over a six-month period to come in for a blood test amid allegations that a former technician exposed up ...

Tue 7 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis

(AP) -- A former surgery technician may have exposed thousands of Colorado patients to hepatitis C when she swapped her own dirty syringes for ones filled with a powerful narcotic, federal authorities ...

Fri 3 Jul 09 from PhysOrg

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis, Fri 3 Jul 09 from AP

Colo. Hospital Tech Hears Charges in Hepatitis C Case

A Denver hospital said Monday it has asked every patient who had surgery there over a six-month period to come in for a blood test amid allegations that a former technician exposed up to 6,000 ...

Tue 7 Jul 09 from FOXNews

Police: Hospital worker swiped shots, spread hep C

A former hospital employee may have exposed hundreds or thousands of surgical patients to hepatitis C when she replaced clean needles filled with the powerful painkiller fentanyl with her own ...

Fri 3 Jul 09 from CNN

Hospital Employee May Have Infected Thousands With Hepatitis C

Former surgery technician Kristen Diane Parker is at the center of a federal investigation for possibly exposing about 6,000 surgery patients to hepatitis C.Authorities told reporters that Parker, ...

Fri 3 Jul 09 from RedOrbit

Hepatitis C Alert for Colorado Springs Patients

There is a risk that patients who had surgery at Audubon Ambulatory Surgery Center in Colorado Springs and Rose Medical Center in Denver may have been exposed to hepatitis C. Kristen Diane Parker ...

Fri 3 Jul 09 from Emaxhealth