Saturday, November 17, 2007

A Health Dept.’s Quandary: Warn the Public or Supervise the Doctor?

Days after a cluster of hepatitis cases in 2002 led health investigators to a clinic in Norman, Okla., the state’s chief epidemiologist held a news conference to urge anyone who had been a patient there to get tested immediately for blood-borne diseases. A nurse’s improper use of syringes was said to be the cause.

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