A patient at a Georgia Veterans Affair clinic has tested positive for HIV after being exposed to contaminated medical equipment.
The Department of Veterans Affairs says unverified tests show that this is the third person to have the virus that causes AIDS among thousands getting blood tests because equipment wasn’t properly sanitized. That’s one patient each from Murfreesboro Tennessee, Augusta Georgia, and a Miami medical facility.
The contaminated endoscopic machines exposed the patients to the body fluid of others.
The VA also said six tests have come back positive for Hepatitis B, and 19 positive tests for Hepatitis C among the three locations.
(Associated Press)
The Department of Veterans Affairs says unverified tests show that this is the third person to have the virus that causes AIDS among thousands getting blood tests because equipment wasn’t properly sanitized. That’s one patient each from Murfreesboro Tennessee, Augusta Georgia, and a Miami medical facility.
The contaminated endoscopic machines exposed the patients to the body fluid of others.
The VA also said six tests have come back positive for Hepatitis B, and 19 positive tests for Hepatitis C among the three locations.
(Associated Press)
