Patients of 'filthy' oral surgeon need tests
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March 30, 2013, Saturday
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HEALTH officials on Thursday urged an Oklahoma oral surgeon's patients to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying filthy conditions behind his office's tidy facade posed a threat to his 7,000 clients and made him a "menace to the public health."
The Oklahoma Board of Dentistry said state and county health inspectors went to Dr W. Scott Harrington's practice after a patient with no other known risk factors tested positive for both hepatitis C and the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Inspectors found multiple sterilization issues at Harrington's offices, including cross-contamination of needles and other instruments and the use of a separate and rusty, set of instruments for patients who were known to carry infectious diseases, according to a complaint.
Harrington voluntarily closed his offices in Tulsa and suburban Owasso and is cooperating with investigators, said Kaitlin Snider of the Tulsa Health Department. He faces a hearing on April 19 and could lose his license. Letters went to 7,000 patients recommending testing.
The Oklahoma Board of Dentistry said state and county health inspectors went to Dr W. Scott Harrington's practice after a patient with no other known risk factors tested positive for both hepatitis C and the HIV virus that causes AIDS.
Inspectors found multiple sterilization issues at Harrington's offices, including cross-contamination of needles and other instruments and the use of a separate and rusty, set of instruments for patients who were known to carry infectious diseases, according to a complaint.
Harrington voluntarily closed his offices in Tulsa and suburban Owasso and is cooperating with investigators, said Kaitlin Snider of the Tulsa Health Department. He faces a hearing on April 19 and could lose his license. Letters went to 7,000 patients recommending testing.
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