A hospital investigation found that from Oct. 15 to Jan. 29, a nurse reused a single-use saline syringe, putting 236 former patients at risk of contracting hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, according to the report. While the risk of infection is low, the hospital has asked patients to be tested for possible infection.
The nurse no longer works at the hospital, according to the report.
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