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Hepatitis C-Spreading Medical Employee Worked in 8 States

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July 30, 2012

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Evidence that he may have exposed thousands of people to the Hepatitis C virus has administrators frantically reviewing patient records in 8 separate states where an irresponsible medical technician worked.

Hepatitis outbreak in New Hampshire strikes fear in 7 other states

By Joe Sterling, Elizabeth Cohen and William Hudson, CNN

updated 2:29 PM EDT, Thu July 26, 2012

(CNN) — Hospitals in at least eight states want to know how many hundreds or thousands of their patients have come in contact with a lab technician accused of spreading hepatitis C.

The man, David Kwiatkowski, has the disease, which can pass through contact with contaminated blood, most often via shared needles. Authorities say the Michigan native injected himself with painkillers meant for patients when he worked at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire and left the syringes for reuse.

He was arrested this month in connection with spreading the disease at Exeter and has been charged with obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. He is suspected of stealing fentanyl, a powerful analgesic that is substantially more potent than morphine, the affidavit said.

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