6,000 More Need Testing in Hepatitis C Outbreak
Public Health officials have announced that approximately 6,000 more patients of Exeter Hospital need to be tested for Hepatitis C. Anyone who had inpatient surgery or treatment in the ICU between...
View ArticleOutbreak Patients Could Receive Experimental Hepatitis C Treatment
The investigation continues into the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital is moving to several other states. This week officials at a hospital in Poughkeepsie, New York, are testing about 25...
View ArticleDHHS Revises Testing Plan for Hepatitis C Outbreak
The Department of Health and Human Services has revised its plan for testing patients who were exposed to the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital.DHHS says that during the past week the estimated...
View ArticleExeter Hospital Provides an Extra Day of Hep C Testing
Exeter Hospital is expanding its testing clinics to a third day, in its effort to explore the scope of the Hepatitis C outbreak.The hospital where the Hepatitis C outbreak began is now offering testing...
View ArticleHow the State's Public Health Lab Tests for Hepatitis C
State health officials say they’ve confirmed another case of hepatitis C related to the outbreak at Exeter Hospital, bringing the total number of infected patients to 32.In a statement today, the...
View ArticleNew Hep C Case Has Investigators Casting Wider Net
The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday the confirmation of another patient infected with Hepatitis C while receiving treatment at Exeter Hospital.This new case,...
View ArticlePrivacy Concerns Enter Exeter Hospital Investigation
Patient privacy has become the latest front in the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital.As part of their ongoing investigation, the State’s Division of Public Health is seeking access to the private...
View ArticleExeter Hospital Calls State Request a 'Government Overreach'
In a press conference at Exeter Hospital today, lawyers called the state’s request for broad access to medical records a government overreach. The state continues to investigate the Hepatitis C...
View ArticlePatient Privacy Versus Public Health In Court Hearing
A judge heard arguments today in a case involving patient medical records at Exeter Hospital. At issue is just how much access the state needs to investigate an outbreak of Hepatitis C.Back in August,...
View ArticleIndictment Arrives For Hepatitis C Suspect
A former hospital employee at the center of a Hepatitis C outbreak in New Hampshire is facing new federal charges.David Kwiatkowski was arrested in July for stealing syringes filled with pain...
View ArticleKwiatkowski Pleads Not Guilty In Hep C Case
The former Exeter Hospital employee at the center of a Hepatitis C outbreak pleaded ‘not-guilty’ in Federal court today.Last week, a grand jury indicted David Kwiatkowski on 14 charges, including...
View ArticleFormer Hospital Worker Agrees To 30-40 Year Prison Term
David Kwiatkowski entered the federal courtroom in shackles, wearing a Strafford County Department of Corrections jumpsuit. The 34-year defendant looked» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleNew Treatment May Wipe Out Hepatitis-C
Although new cases of Hepatitis-C have drastically decreased in the United States since peaking in the 1980’s, the blood-borne disease which primarily...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleKwiatkowski Sentenced To 39 Years In Prison
More than a year and a half after an outbreak of Hepatitis C at Exeter Hospital first emerged, a traveling medical technician has been sentenced to...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
View ArticleHouse Bill Calls For New Drug Testing Rules At N.H. Hospitals
The New Hampshire House has passed a drug testing bill inspired by the hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital. The bill, approved 289 to 48 by the...» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
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