April 20, 2009

Thousands in South Dakota Might Have Been Exposed to HIV

The Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, has been ordered to notify thousands of former patients who might have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis C and other blood-borne illnesses, All Headline News reports.

According to the article, after conducting a routine check in January, inspectors discovered employees reusing saline bags, tubing and scopes used to probe the lower urinary tract. The center is required to contact the more than 6,000 former patients who have been treated since 2002 and request that they undergo blood tests.

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Gail Thomas, Conley Georgia, 2009-04-21 15:59:09
This is very very sad. I was diagnosed with HIV about 2 years ago, but the doctors say that I have probably had it about eight years. Well I had not had sex for the last 12 so there is no way that I could have contracted it through a sexual encounter and I do not do drugs. This constantly bothers my mind. Do these people really stop to think how many people this may affect. I am very disturbed by this type of negligent behavior. They should be prosecuted to the fullest extinct of the law.

Michael, Haslett, 2009-04-21 11:55:09
This is so terrible. You would think that a medical place would know about all of these things and not reuse these type of things that should never be reused. All those who have been known to reuse these things should have charges filed against them if even one person is known to have gotten HIV from this.