2,400 may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis at Oregon hospitals

Thousands of patients who were treated at two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, are being told to get bloods tests because of an "infection control breach" linked to an anesthesiologist that may have exposed them to HIV and hepatitis B and C.

Thousands of patients who were treated at two hospitals in Portland, Oregon, are being told to get bloods tests because of an "infection control breach" linked to an anesthesiologist that may have exposed them to HIV and hepatitis B and C.

About 2,400 people who were patients of two health care providers — Providence and Legacy Health — are potentially affected and have been advised to take tests "out of an abundance of caution."

Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City said in a statement that about 2,200 of its patients, and two patients at Providence Portland Medical Center, have been informed.

"The actions of this physician might have put patients at a low risk of exposure to possible infections, including hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)," a Providence spokesperson said in a statement.

Providence Portland Medical Center.Google MapsThe spokesperson said that the possible exposures were a result of someone working for a third-party contractor, the Oregon Anesthesiology Group, who worked at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center from December 2023 to May of this year.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/2400-may-exposed-hiv-hepatitis-oregon-hospitals-rcna161503

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