Mistake Prompts State to Test Dozens for HIV, Hepatits

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The NBC Connecticut Troubleshooters have learned that at least 74 people were put at risk of potentially contracting HIV and Hepatitis B and C through a standard medical procedure performed by a UConn Health Center nurse.

"You could have signed your death sentence right there by giving somebody something like that,? said Loretta, the sister-in-law of one of the nurse?s patients. Loretta and her husband Paul asked us to conceal their identities to protect their relative?s medical privacy. But they wanted to speak out against what they call a careless mistake that has put his life on the line.

"They screwed up,? said Loretta.

http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/investigations/LWRD--220762771.html
 
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