Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1147arrow-down12cross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
arrow-up1145arrow-down1external-linkNearly 450 hospital patients in Massachusetts could have been exposed to hepatitis and HIVwww.livescience.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: health@lemmy.world
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoSince it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line. Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.
Since it’s IV medication given before/during an endoscopy, I’d guess it’s the syringe used to flush the IV line.
Not the same one 450 times, but an employee using the same one for multiple patients in a day, then tossing it instead of using a new one for each.