Patient Safety | 07.22.24
2,400 Patients May Have Been Exposed to Hepatitis, HIV After Oregon Doctor Disregarded Safety Protocols
by NAMSS Staff
Fox 12 Oregon (07/11/24) Kaplan, Ezra
Legacy Health and Providence in Oregon recently announced in separate statements that as many as 2,400 patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV, and other diseases after a doctor disregarded infection control procedure. Patients treated at such Portland-area hospitals as Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center and Providence Portland Medical Center may have been exposed. The physician in question was employed by Oregon Anesthesiology Group (OAG), which no longer provides services for Providence. The unnamed doctor is no longer employed by OAG. Patients potentially impacted by the breach are being urged to get a blood test to screen for exposures at no cost.
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