Cross Contamination – It’s Real and Patients Know It
More than 60 Oklahoma patients test positive for hepatitis, HIV
April 23, 2013 : Oklahoma health officials say more than 60 patients have tested positive for hepatitis and HIV since their investigation began last month into a Tulsa oral surgeon’s practice.Click to Read Full Article > > >
Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis
March 29, 2013 : The Tulsa Health Department is warning 7,000 patients of a local dentist’s office that they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Dental offices inconsistent in Infection Control compliance
October 11, 2012 : A new study that looked at dental office compliance with infection control guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that implementation was neither complete nor uniform across all practices Click to Read Full Article > > >
Colorado Dental Patient tests positive for Hepatitis
July 30, 2012 : A patient has tested positive for hepatitis C after being treated by a Colorado oral surgeon who allegedly reused needles and syringes. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Colorado Health Department: Oral Surgeon reused syringes
July 13, 2012 : The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has issued a warning to patients of an oral surgeon who practiced in Highlands Ranch and Denver who was found to have repeatedly reused needles and syringes, often for days at a time. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Patient sues dental school over Clinic Hygiene
May 7, 2012 : A patient is suing the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Dental Medicine for negligence after he received a letter from the school saying the instruments used during a procedure he underwent at the school’s dental clinic were not properly cleaned. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Patients, volunteers contract hepatitis at free dental clinic
June 6, 2012 : Three patients and two volunteers participating in a free dental clinic in West Virginia last summer contracted acute hepatitis B afterward, and health officials are now advising nearly 2,000 people who received treatment or volunteered during the clinic to be tested for the virus. Click to Read Full Article > > >
HPV pushes UK oral cancer rates to new highs
March 16, 2012 : The number of oral cancer cases diagnosed each year in the U.K. has risen above 6,000 for the first time, according to new data released today by Cancer Research UK. Experts believe that infections with high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a key reason for the jump in cases of oral cancer. Click to Read Full Article > > >
CDC issues warning on C. difficile infections
March 12, 2012 : The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued an advisory regarding the rising incidence of Clostridium difficile (C. difficile)-related infections, which are now causing 14,000 deaths annually.Click to Read Full Article > > >
Local VA focuses on safer care after 2011
February 6, 2012 : One year after the Dayton VA Medical Center publicly disclosed infection control lapses that risked the health of hundreds if not thousands of veterans, hospital officials soon expect the answer to a key question: Did three veterans who tested positive for hepatitis contract the disease during visits to the hospital’s dental clinic? Click to Read Full Article > > >
VA Infection issues lead to 13,000 veterans’ tests
June 1, 2011 : 13,000 veterans have been warned in the past two years that their blood should be tested for potentially fatal infections after possible exposures by improper hygiene practices at five VA hospitals in Ohio, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Tennessee. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Ohio panel wants more VA tests for clinic patients
April 21, 2011 : An outside investigative task force Thursday urged the Veterans Administration to expand testing for possible infections from treatment by a southwest Ohio dentist accused of failing for years to change gloves and sterilize equipment between patients.. Click to Read Full Article > > >
9 Ohio VA dental patients test positive for hepatitis
March 2, 2011 : Of the 535 veterans potentially exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV by a dentist at a Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Dayton, OH, seven have tested positive for hepatitis C and two for chronic hepatitis B, VA officials told DrBicuspid.com. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Ohio senator calls for VA dental clinic probe
February 15, 2011 : U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is calling for a Senate hearing on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Dayton, OH, in response to an announcement that 535 veterans may have contracted hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or HIV as a result of poor infection control practices. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Actor’s diagnosis puts spotlight on oral cancer
September 9, 2010 : Actor Michael Douglas’ recent revelation that he has stage IV oropharyngeal cancer has highlighted the growing incidence of oral cancer, and experts say dentists can help stem the alarming increase of the disease by checking for it during routine examinations. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Did VA mishandle equipment sterilization breach?
July 30, 2010 : Four of the more than 1,800 U.S. veterans who were potentially exposed to infectious diseases at a St. Louis Veterans Affairs (VA) dental clinic have now tested positive for hepatitis, and lawmakers are questioning the agency’s handling of the matter. Click to Read Full Article > > >
VA clinic patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV
June 30, 2010 : Failure to properly clean dental instruments may have put more than 1,800 patients at a Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic at risk for hepatitis and HIV. Patients who went to the John Cochran St. Louis VA Medical Center dental clinic in Missouri between February 2009 and March 2010 may have been exposed, according to a report by KSDK TV. The VA began notifying 1,812 potentially at-risk patients via certified letters on June 28. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene
Japan has confirmed the nation’s first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs. Researchers say the gene — which appears to be circulating widely in India — alters bacteria, making them resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. Patients, Volunteers contract Hepatitis at Free Dental Clinic Health officials are now advising nearly 2,000 people who received treatment or volunteered during the clinic to be tested for the virus.
Willimantic Dental Clinic Says It May Have Exposed Some Patients to Infection
May 15, 2010 : A Willimantic clinic has notified some dental patients that potentially unsterilized instruments were used in their mouths and could have exposed them to illness. Click to Read Full Article > > >
HIV Threat at Bournemouth Dentists
January 6, 2009 : Thousands of NHS dental patients could have been infected with deadly HIV or hepatitis because a dentist failed to sterilise blood-spattered instruments properly. Click to Read Full Article > > >
Hepatitis B Virus Transmitted to Dental Patients
July 16, 2007 : Even with strict enforcement of infection control, hepatitis B virus (HBV) was transmitted from one patient to another when they both underwent oral surgery in the same office, on the same day. Click to Read Full Article > > >
