Friday, May 16, 2008
Acute Hepatitis C from Unsafe Injections
The CDC has concluded an investigation of a clinic in Nevada that reported an outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in 6 people that resulted from unsafe injection procedures. Here's what happened:Hepatitis C is a reportable infection to the health department and when 3 people were reported in 2 days it raised concern about an outbreak. It turned out that all three persons underwent procedures