Patients at a troubled
Indian Health Service hospital in Nebraska may have been exposed to HIV and other serious diseases.
The
Omaha Tribe and the
Winnebago Tribe are urging anyone who received services from the podiatry clinic at the
Omaha-Winnebago Hospital to be tested for hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The potential exposures occurred between April 17 and June 2 and are being attributed to improperly sterilized equipment, The Sioux City Journal reported.
According to the paper, a consultant for AB Staffing Solutions, a firm that was
hired to provide services at the hospital, was fired and the podiatry clinic has been closed. The
Center for Disease Control and Prevention is now investigating, the paper said.
Two summer ago, the hospital lost certification from the
Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Service after placing patients in repeated danger, leading to several deaths. The IHS has been unable to say when the facility will get back on track.
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Winnebago clinic patients may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis
(The Sioux City Journal 8/3)
Omaha-Winnebago hospital clinic patients possibly exposed to hepatitis, HIV
(KTIV 8/2)
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