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Posted by: David Patton An outbreak of hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention... The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada was shut down by the city of Las Vegas after the state health official determined that six patients had contracted hepatitis C. The Nevada health officials are trying to contact about 40, 000 patients who received anesthesia by injection. This is the largest number of patients that have ever been contacted for blood exposure. It may never be known how many people contracted hepatitis due to unsafe practices. It is expected to get numerous positive results. State health officials are looking for a second clinic with connections to the first, Desert Shadow Endoscopy Center. Officials had been found to reuse anesthetic vials but not syringes and so far no patients have been notified of potential risk. Topics
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