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Med tech accused in hepatitis C case pleads not guilty
A traveling hospital worker accused of stealing pain-killing drugs, contaminating syringes and infecting dozens of patients with hepatitis C pleaded not guilty to the charges in New Hampshire federal court Monday. David Kwiatkowski, 33, who was trained...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Crime, Law and Justice, Hepatitis C , Lawyers, Maryland General Hospital
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Four treated at Hopkins linked to hepatitis from medical technician
Four patients treated at Johns Hopkins Hospital are likely to have contracted hepatitis C from a rogue medical technician accused of stealing drugs and leaving contaminated needles behind, lab tests have confirmed. Special molecular testing on blood...
Tags: FBI, Maryland General Hospital, Diseases and Illnesses, Medical Procedures and Tests, Lab Tests
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CDC proposes testing baby boomers for hepatitis C
A new proposal to screen all baby boomers for hepatitis C means doctors face the prospect of educating an entire generation about an infection often associated with risky behaviors, such as sharing needles and unprotected sexual contact. A blood-borne...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Family, Preventative Medicine, Hepatitis C , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Hepatitis C danger for Hays patients
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Kansas Department of Health and Environment and HaysMed in Hays are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization from May 24, 2010, to September 22, 2010, of potential exposure to hepatitis C. The U.S. Attorney for the...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Cardiac Catheterization, Hepatitis C
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Suspect in hepatitis C outbreak portrayed as traveling addict
When David Kwiatkowski was found slurring his words and smelling of alcohol in a Boston-area hotel room littered with prescription pills late one July night, his life as a traveling medical technician had largely unraveled already. In his early 30s, he...
Tags: FBI, Chemical Industry, Cardiac Catheterization, Medical Specialization, Hepatitis C
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17 sue Columbia firm over hepatitis C exposure
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against a Columbia-based medical staffing agency claiming it acted negligently in 2008 by hiring and placing a medical technician who allegedly went on to expose the plaintiffs to hepatitis C. The lawsuit also says...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Hepatitis C , Maryland General Hospital, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Baltimore policeman shot in line of duty survives once again
Gene Cassidy thought he was lucky to survive being shot in the head twice 25 years ago when he was a Baltimore policeman, so a second near-death ordeal recently seemed unreal.
Just 27 years old, Cassidy lost his sight after a man he was trying to...Tags: Shootings, Emergency Health Procedures, Hernia, Cirrhosis, Human Interest
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PA tattoo parlor health dangers cited by state auditor general
Among America's 10 most populous states, Pennsylvania is the only one that does not license or regulate a particularly ugly form of intentional deformity. A license is not necessary in Pennsylvania to operate a commercial establishment where steel...
Tags: Julie Harhart, Hepatitis C , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tuberculosis, Entertainment Events
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Baby boomers unknowingly infected with hepatitis C
When Alan Shackelford's ankles would swell up, he brushed it off as another sign of getting older — only to find out it was a symptom of something much worse.
The 59-year-old Windsor Mill man was shocked when his doctor recently diagnosed him...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Communicable Diseases, Hepatitis C , U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health
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Patient sues over hepatitis C exposure
A patient believed to have contracted hepatitis C from a rogue medical worker has sued Columbia-based Maxim Staffing Solutions Inc. for failing to report the traveling technician to legal authorities even though the company knew he had stolen narcotics...Tags: Steve Bisciotti, Laws, University of Baltimore, Cardiac Catheterization, Hepatitis C
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McDonald's customers warned of hepatitis exposure
SAN DIEGO -- People who recently visited the McDonald's restaurant in College Grove may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, county officials said. An employee at the fast food restaurant, which is located inside the Wal-Mart store at 3412 College...
Tags: Vaccines, Viral Diseases and Infections, McDonald's, Hepatitis A , Walmart
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Attorney: Baltimore man contracted hepatitis C from med tech in 2008
A 65-year-old Baltimore man was infected with hepatitis C by a traveling medical technician at the Baltimore VA Medical Center in 2008, he and his attorney said — making him the first Marylander to come forward in a sweeping investigation into the...
Tags: Hepatitis C , Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Alzheimer's Disease, Maryland General Hospital
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