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CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak A hepatitis C outbreak was caused by workers improperly reusing syringes and medicine vials at a Las Vegas clinic, federal health officials said Friday. 2008-05-19 Activities: [2008 Las Vegas Clinic Crisis] 77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say Seventy-seven more people who were treated at a Las Vegas outpatient clinic have been diagnosed with hepatitis C, health officials said. 2008-05-10 Activities: [2008 Las Vegas Clinic Crisis] Vegas hepatitis exposure list incomplete Health officials used an incomplete patient list to notify people exposed to hepatitis and HIV at a Las Vegas clinic, an epidemiologist testified Thursday. 2008-03-06 Activities: [2008 Las Vegas Clinic Crisis] Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor may have made them sick. In a type of scandal more often associated with Third World countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too. 2008-03-05 Activities: [2008 Las Vegas Clinic Crisis] Clinic closed in Las Vegas in health scandal: city officials The city of Las Vegas has shut down a clinic where up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and the HIV virus through the reuse of syringes and vials, officials said on Sunday. 2008-03-03 Activities: [2008 Las Vegas Clinic Crisis] Headlines CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak 2008-05-19 77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say 2008-05-10 Vegas hepatitis exposure list incomplete 2008-03-06 Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands 2008-03-05 Clinic closed in Las Vegas in health scandal: city officials 2008-03-03 Clinic accused of reusing syringes sued 2008-02-29 HIV, hepatitis scare may affect 40,000 US clinic patients 2008-02-28 Most-viewed 77 more hepatitis cases may trace to clinic, officials say 2008-05-10 CDC: Syringe reuse linked to hepatitis C outbreak 2008-05-19 Vegas hepatitis exposure list incomplete 2008-03-06 Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands 2008-03-05 HIV, hepatitis scare may affect 40,000 US clinic patients 2008-02-28

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