450 Patients at Massachusetts Hospital Possibly Exposed to Hepatitis and HIV

Published on November 17, 2023

Nearly 450 patients at a hospital in Massachusetts might have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV due to poor administration of IV medications, said the hospital in a statement. Salem Hospital told news outlets this week that patients undergoing an endoscopy—including colonoscopies, laparoscopies, and bronchoscopies—at the hospital may have been exposed to the pathogens over the past several years. The patients, it added, were exposed when IV medications were given “in a manner not consistent with our best practice.” “The infections we are testing for are hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, which are standard tests for a potential exposure of this kind,” the hospital told People in a statement. “A small portion of our endoscopy patients, nearly 450 patients, were potentially impacted over a period of roughly two years.”...

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