More pain for dental patients in Sydney
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Up to 11,000 Australian dental patients were urged to see their doctors yesterday over fears they may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis due to hygiene breaches at clinics in Sydney.
New South Wales Health said 12 dentists from four surgeries were accused of poor cleaning and equipment sterilization practices and advised patients to get blood tests for HIV as well as Hepatitis A, B and C as a precaution.
While NSW Health director of health protection Jeremy McAnulty said no cases had been found so far and the risk of transmission was low, there was concern about people who had undergone invasive procedures. 鈥淚t鈥檚 important to stress we have no evidence of infection at this point, that no transmission has occurred. But the experts have been concerned in light of the reports of the problems with infection control at these facilities, that a risk is there,鈥 he said.
The worry is that instruments may not have been properly cleaned and sterilized, risking the transmission of blood-borne diseases into the gums.
The scare was sparked by a complaint about one of the practices last November and subsequent investigations revealed 鈥渟ignificant鈥 safety breaches at the clinic and others, said Shane Fryer of the Dental Council of NSW. 鈥淎udits showed there were some problems with the cleaning, sterilization and storage of instruments.鈥
So far six dentists have been suspended and another six have had conditions placed on their licenses.
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