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New Hep C Case Has Investigators Casting Wider Net

Ryan Lessard — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:15:15 +0000

The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the confirmation of another patient infected with Hepatitis C while receiving treatment at Exeter Hospital.

This new case, confirmed by the Department of Public Health Services, brings the total number of infected up to 33. That includes David Kwiatkowski, the former hospital employee charged with stealing drugs and refilling the used syringes with saline solution. They were later reused on patients.

Exeter Hospital Provides an Extra Day of Hep C Testing

Ryan Lessard — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:14:57 +0000

Exeter Hospital is expanding its testing clinics to a third day, in its effort to explore the scope of the Hepatitis C outbreak.

The hospital where the Hepatitis C outbreak began is now offering testing from seven in the morning to six at night, Monday and Tuesday, and from seven to noon on Wednesday. The state is also offering free clinics through August eighteenth.

The state declared a public health incident ahead of the clinics as more than three thousand people were sent letters recommending they get tested.

DHHS Revises Testing Plan for Hepatitis C Outbreak

Sam Evans-Brown — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 20:07:47 +0000

The Department of Health and Human Services has revised its plan for testing patients who were exposed to the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital.

Tech In Hepatitis C Case Had Worked At Johns Hopkins

Associated Press — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:15:59 +0000

A spokesman for The Johns Hopkins Hospital says a man accused of causing a hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire previously worked at the Baltimore hospital.