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NH hepatitis C outbreak expands to 31 patients
Former lab worker charged
Updated: Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012, 3:17 PM CDT
Published : Tuesday, 07 Aug 2012, 3:17 PM CDT
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - The number of people suspected of being infected with hepatitis C by a former lab worker in New Hampshire has increased to 31.
David Kwiatkowski was charged last month with stealing drugs from Exeter Hospital's cardiac lab and contaminating syringes that were used on patients. On Tuesday, the state said another former lab patient has been diagnosed with the same strain of hepatitis C he carries, in addition to the previously known 30 cases.
After initially asking only cardiac lab patients to get tested, the state now recommends that some 3,300 people who underwent surgery or were admitted to the intensive care unit during Kwiatkowski's employment. Clinics are being held around the state this month.
Kwiatkowski, a traveling medical technician, worked in at least 18 hospitals in eight states.
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