Via Drudge
This Dentist needs one of these needles stuck up his ass!
(CBS News) The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is warning patients who went to a local oral surgeon over the past decade to get tested for HIV and hepatitis, after the doctor had been found to reuse needles for procedures on multiple patients.
CBS Denver reports that Dr. Stephen Stein may have reused needles on multiple patients between September 1999 and June 2011, potentially exposing patients to HIV, hepatitis B and/or C or other bloodborne diseases.
According to the Colorado health department, Dr. Stein re-used syringes and needles during oral and facial surgery procedures, and for intravenous (IV) medications, including for sedation.
“Needles and syringes were used repeatedly, often days at a time,” the department said in a “Frequently Asked Questions” document posted on its website. “Because there can be a small amount of blood that remains in syringes and needles after an injection through an IV line, there is a risk of spread of bloodborne viruses, such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C, between patients.”
According to CBS Denver, Stein is a licensed dentist who practiced oral surgery at Stein Oral and Facial Surgery in Highlands Ranch, Colo. from September 1999 through June 2011 and at an office of the same name from August 2010 to June 2011 in Denver. Stein also saw patients at the office under the clinic name of New Image Dental Implant Center.
This really hits close to home because I have Hepatitis C. And I probably got it when I volunteered for military service back in 1976. Back then, your platoon was run through a room for inoculations. There would be a medic on either side with an ‘air gun’ who would stick it to your arm and pull the trigger, injecting you with the various vaccines. It was really fast…boom boom, one airman after another. There wasn’t time to change any needles.There wasn’t even a test for HepC until the early 90′s.
There are about 4 million Americans with Hepatitis C, approximately one percent of the population. But Veterans, as a percentage of population, have an infection rate of ten percent, with the greatest percentage of them being Vietnam Vets.
I may do a post and talk about the treatment program…or not. It’s 48 weeks of weekly injections along with about 12 pills a day with various not so good side effects.
They say this Dr Stein is on the run
There should be a state attorney general’s investigation and have this guy incerated
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As a dentist, he must be aware of the consequences of reusing needles to his patients. Yes, this should not be tolerated. A good Highlands Ranch dentist does not risk the health of his patients but rather ensure their safety and well being.
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