More Than 2K Hospital Patients In Oregon May Have Been Exposed To Various Infections, Officials Say

The Hill (7/12, Bourgeois) reported, “More than 2,000 patients from two Portland, Ore.-area hospitals might have been exposed to several types of infections after a physician possibly violated hospital protocols, health officials and Providence and Legacy health systems announced Thursday.” The Hill added, “In the announcement, a spokesperson for Providence said the hospital recently learned that a physician, who has not been publicly identified, may not have followed Providence’s infection control practices during some procedures at Portland-area hospitals including Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center, Providence Portland Medical Center, and other non-Providence hospitals.” The health system “said the physician put patients at low risk of exposure to infections including hepatitis B and C, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).”