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Lawsuit: Patient got HIV from Miss. cancer clinic

A Mississippi cancer clinic doctor who is charged with using old syringes and watered-down chemotherapy drugs now faces a lawsuit that claims a patient contracted HIV from a dirty needle.

Published
16 December 2011
From
MSNBC
HIV and hep C settlements may cost €2.23bn

THE STATE’S bill for compensating people who contracted HIV or hepatitis C from the contamination of blood products could ultimately cost €2.23 billion, according to official estimates.

Published
13 December 2011
From
Irish Times
History of HIV and AIDS
Nurse who contracted HIV with jab sheds anonymity

Mary Magee is Jane Doe. Twenty-four years ago she was a young nurse, just two months into a job on San Francisco General Hospital's HIV/AIDS ward, when she accidentally stuck herself with a needle while changing a patient's intravenous line.

Published
12 December 2011
From
San Francisco Chronicle
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Too promiscuous to donate an organ? Maybe, CDC says

If you've had sex with two or more partners in the past year, you may be considered a risky organ donor, at least according to proposed new federal health guidelines that have drawn sharp protests from transplant experts who say they're far too broad.

Published
06 December 2011
From
MSNBC
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
Transfusions: Experts less than sanguine over risks from donated blood

When a group of economists gathered this summer to debate how best to allocate scarce resources to tackle HIV, there was plenty of disagreement on priorities, but one recommendation that stood out as offering extraordinarily high returns: better protection of the blood supply.

Published
01 December 2011
From
Financial Times
Employment
UK considering lifting restrictions on health workers with HIV – as long as viral load is undetectable

The Department of Health has opened a consultation on possible changes to its policy on the employment of people with HIV. The current ban on people with

Published
01 December 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
1 out of 20 Dentists in Los Angeles Will Not Treat HIV-Positive Patients

A new study released today by the Williams Institute found that five percent of dental offices in Los Angeles County have a blanket policy of refusing dental services to People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Published
30 November 2011
From
Insurance News
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
HIV risk to patients from infected health workers 'extremely low'

Restrictions on NHS workers with HIV could be relaxed after a review found an "extremely low" risk of the disease being passed to patients. England's chief medical officer Dame Sally Davies announced consultations after advisers said UK rules were "out of step" with available evidence.

Published
30 November 2011
From
The Guardian
Activism
'HIV Moms' Resume Protest At Kyrgyz Parliament

Mothers of HIV-positive children have staged another protest at the Kyrgyz parliament building in Bishkek, RFE/RL's Kyrgyz Service reports.

Published
21 November 2011
From
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
The needle and the damage done: the case for the self-destructing syringe

The WHO says 1.3 million people a year die because of the re-use of syringes. A British designer aims to change that

Published
28 October 2011
From
The Guardian
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