CNN: More than 1,000 patients may have been exposed to HIV and other viruses after error in sanitizing procedure

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A step in the cleaning process of surgical equipment was missed at Goshen Hospital in Indiana, possibly exposing about 1,182 surgical patients to HIV, hepatitis C, and hepatitis B between April and September 2019. Patients were notified out of extreme caution though the risk for exposure was very low. 

For the full article published by Evan Simko-Bednarski and Mirna Alsharif, click here

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