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Lawyer defends record of Oklahoma dentist in HIV-exposure scare
ReutersOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A lawyer for an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of using improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools that may have exposed patients to HIV and hepatitis said on Wednesday his client had an impeccable record and...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Health and Medical Professionals, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
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1,200 dental patients in Oklahoma screened for HIV
ReutersOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - About 1,200 patients have been screened for exposure to HIV and hepatitis in Oklahoma after authorities found a Tulsa dentist using improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools, a public health official said on...Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Hepatitis C , Medical Procedures and Tests, Trials, Diseases and Illnesses
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Patients of Oklahoma doctor line up for tests
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Hundreds of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon accused of unsanitary practices showed up at a health clinic Saturday, looking to find out whether they were exposed to hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS. Letters began...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis B , Procedural Sedation, Health and Medical Professionals
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Congress must restore federal funding for needle exchange
In 2009, Congress passed legislation reversing the decades-old ban on the use of federal funding for syringe exchange but, for unclear reasons, in late 2011, it reversed this decision, again withholding federal funding from programs that provide drug...
Tags: University of Maryland Medical School, Medical Specialization, Substance Abuse, Politics, Hepatitis C
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Hundreds of Tulsa dental patients screened for hepatitis, HIV
Hundreds of dental patients in Tulsa were screened for hepatitis and HIV on Saturday at a special testing clinic for those who might have been exposed to disease by what authorities called the unsafe practices of a local dentist. More than 7,000 current...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Hepatitis C , AIDS, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Oklahoma officials set to begin blood testing for dental patients
Oklahoma health officials on Saturday begin testing dental patients in the Tulsa area for a variety of blood-borne viruses that cause hepatitis and AIDS, a precautionary measure to deal with what officials call the largest such incident in the state&...
Tags: Prosecution, Hepatitis B , Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, AIDS, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Oklahoma dentist may have exposed 7,000 patients to hepatitis, HIV
Health officials are notifying some 7,000 people to warn they may have been exposed to HIV and other infectious diseases at an Oklahoma dental practice where improper sterilization procedures and rusty surgical tools were discovered, authorities said....
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Hepatitis B , Medicaid, Hepatitis C , AIDS
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Oklahoma urges 7,000 dental patients to get hepatitis, HIV tests
As many as 7,000 dental patients in Oklahoma are being urged to take blood tests for hepatitis or the virus that causes AIDS after health officials said they discovered that instruments in a local practice were not properly cleaned. The warning of...
Tags: Dentistry and Dental Health, Jared Lee Loughner, Hepatitis B , Hepatitis C , AIDS
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Michigan, others may regulate amateur MMA fights
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jerry "The Moose" Waterson fulfilled a dream last month by stepping into the ring for his first professional mixed martial arts fight, which he won. His passion has become his full-time job, requiring 40 hours a week of...
Tags: Government, Litigation and Regulation, Sports, Dennis Daugaard, HIV
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Maxim employee forged email to state in hepatitis c case
A staffing company owned by Columbia-based Maxim Healthcare Services created a false email to make it appear it had informed state health officials about unethical conduct by contract worker David Kwiatkowski, who is accused of exposing hundreds of...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Collective Contract, Healthcare Contract Issues, Trials, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Committee passes legislation to license staffing agencies
The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday for a proposed law that would require state licensing of medical staffing companies after a radiographer was accused of exposing hundreds of Marylanders to hepatitis C. In a telephone call after the...
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice, Hepatitis C , Trials
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State report outlines Kwiatkowski's time in Maryland
Supervisors at a Maryland hospital weren't surprised when drugs were missing from a treatment room where contract radiology technician David Kwiatkowski was assigned. A manager had spotted him going through needle-disposal containers and he was among...
Tags: Cardiac Catheterization, Health and Safety at Work, Hospitals and Clinics, General Practitioners, Agriculture
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