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Over 3,000 patients possibly exposed to HIV, hepatitis at New Jersey hospital

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WATCH: More than 3,000 patients are being urged to get their blood tested after "deficiencies in infection control" at a surgery centre in New Jersey may have exposed them to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C if they had procedures between January 2018 and Sept. 7 – Dec 25, 2018

SADDLE BROOK, N.J. – The New Jersey Department of Health says more than 3,000 patients at a surgery centre may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

Officials say patients who had procedures done at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook between January 2018 and Sept. 7, 2018 may have been exposed.

Surgery centre administrator Betty McCabe says the exposure was due to “deficiencies in infection control” involving the cleaning of instruments and injection of medications. McCabe says 3,778 patients are being urged to get their blood tested.

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The health department says the risk of infection is low, and no illnesses have been reported. The department called it “an abundance of caution” to suggest that people be tested.

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McCabe says the centre is offering to pay medical costs associated with testing.

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