Hepatitis C cases prompt officials to urge tests for 500 patients of L.A. clinic

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L.A. County health officials are investigating why six patients who had procedures at an L.A. clinic were diagnosed with hepatitis C. The investigators are now asking that 500 of the clinic's patients be tested for the disease.

Los Angeles County health officials are investigating why six patients who had procedures at an L.A. clinic were diagnosed with hepatitis C, a liver infection that is spread through infected blood.Health investigators sent letters to 500 patients of Westside Multispecialty Medical Group asking that they be tested for the disease. Most people who are infected with hepatitis C do not have any symptoms, so testing is the only way to understand the scope of the problem.

But before officials began more thoroughly screening blood donors in 1992, many hepatitis C cases were caused by blood transfusions and organ transplants, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“Public Health does not yet know if an unsafe practice in this clinic led to spread of hepatitis C,” reads a health department fact sheet for people who received the letters.

 

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instead of using the $$ we pay on health insurance to give out gift cards to Target or Best Buy after taking a survey, why not use that money to fix these problems?

Whats the name of the clinic so I know to avoid it?

Because this city is dirty AF.

Cross-contamination and lack of laboratory safe handling protocol

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