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• Contaminated Needle Lawsuit Filed Against Hospital Over Insulin Shot

  January 28, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  A lawsuit accuses a nurse at a Chicago hospital of using a previously used insulin pen that may have been contaminated with HIV and hepatitis on a patient

• Side Effects of Depo-Provera Birth Control Shot May Increase HIV Risk: Study

  January 13, 2015

  Irvin Jackson

  A new study warns that the Depo Shot appears to be linked to an increased risk of contracting HIV.

• Karl Storz Gets FDA Warning Letter Over Endoscopes Due to Cleaning Problems

  December 19, 2014

  Irvin Jackson

  The FDA has issued a warning letter to Karl Storz over problems with cleaning brushes the company says can clean one of its endoscopes.

• CDC Investigates HIV, Hepatitis Exposures At Arizona Organ Center

  April 28, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC is investigating possible infectious disease exposures in the cadaver industry.

• South Nassau Hospital on Long Island Warns of Infection Risk

  March 13, 2014

  Russell Maas

  A New York hospital is warning some patients that they may have been exposed to infectious diseases after insulin pens were reused.

• Dozens of Oklahoma Dental Patients Tested Positive for Hepatitis C or HIV

  April 19, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  At least 60 patients treated by an Oklahoma dentist, who was labeled a “menace to public health,” have tested positive...

• Oklahoma Dentist Exposed Patients to Risk of Hepatitis, HIV, Other Disease

  April 1, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  An Oklahoma oral surgeon has been labeled a “menace to public health” by state officials, after it was discovered that...

• Reused Insulin Pen Infection Warning Expands to 2nd New York Hospital

  January 25, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  Another New York hospital has been found to have been reusing insulin pens on different patients, potentially exposing them to...

• Buffalo VA May Have Exposed 700 Patients To Used Insulin Pens

  January 15, 2013

  Irvin Jackson

  A Veterans Administration Center in Buffalo, New York hay have exposed more than 700 patients to a potential risk of...

• Suture Needle Warning: Pathogen Risk Reduced with Blunt Tips

  June 1, 2012

  Staff Writers

  Federal health experts are urging health care professionals to make more extensive use of blunt-tip suture needles in some operations...