Hundreds of Veterans Possibly Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at Wisconsin Medical Center

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By ktla.com

Nearly 600 patients who received dental care at a Wisconsin Veterans Affairs medical center may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and C and now face an anxious wait to find out if they were infected.

Earlier this week, officials said a dentist at the Tomah VA Medical Center improperly re-used his own dental equipment instead of using the sterilized, disposable tools as VA rules require.

ā€œIt was purposeful that he was violating VA regulations,ā€ said Victoria Brahm, acting medical director at the Tomah VA Center in a press briefing earlier this week.

ā€œDuring all of the orientation, he used our equipment. He used it appropriately, so it was very purposeful from what we found in our investigation that he knew exactly what he was doing, and preferred to use his own equipment against procedure.ā€


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