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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis
The Tulsa Health Department is warning 7,000 patients of a local dentist's office that they could have contracted HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C from poor sterilization practices.
Dr. Wayne Harrington, an oral surgeon with a practice in Tulsa, Okla., is being investigated by the state dental board, the state bureau of narcotics and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency because one of his patients recently tested positive for hepatitis C and HIV without known risk factors other than receiving dental treatment.
Upon hearing of the infected patient, the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry conducted a surprise inspection of Harrington's practice on March 18, allegedly finding numerous problems, including regular use of a rusty set of instruments on patients with known infections, and the practice of pouring bleach on wounds until they "turned white."
Calls to Harrington's office were directed to an operator, who told ABC News the clinic no longer took voicemails. The operator said patients were being referred to another clinic, but did not disclose the clinic's name.
Dr. Wayne Harrington, an oral surgeon with a practice in Tulsa, Okla., is being investigated by the state dental board, the state bureau of narcotics and the federal Drug Enforcement Agency because one of his patients recently tested positive for hepatitis C and HIV without known risk factors other than receiving dental treatment.
Upon hearing of the infected patient, the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry conducted a surprise inspection of Harrington's practice on March 18, allegedly finding numerous problems, including regular use of a rusty set of instruments on patients with known infections, and the practice of pouring bleach on wounds until they "turned white."
Calls to Harrington's office were directed to an operator, who told ABC News the clinic no longer took voicemails. The operator said patients were being referred to another clinic, but did not disclose the clinic's name.
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Rogue Dentist May Have Exposed 7,000 Patients to HIV, Hepatitis (Original Post)
davidn3600
Mar 2013
OP
Rusty instruments? Bleach? Who would let this guy work on them in the first place?
freshwest
Mar 2013
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uppityperson
(115,677 posts)1. Oh yuck and wtf. k&r for wider exposure.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)2. Rusty instruments? Bleach? Who would let this guy work on them in the first place?
I hope no one dies from this...
Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)3. I heard that he also had medications that expired 20 years ago.
What I don't understand is how this was allowed to go on for so many years. Why didn't any of the dental hygienists or other assistants report him?
Comrade_McKenzie
(2,526 posts)4. Big government and their damn encroachment on liberty...
Sigh, once all of his patients died... the free market would've stepped in and his business would've failed.
Goddamn job-killing regulations.