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2024-07-15 17:48:15 UTC
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-hospital-
anesthesiologist-hiv-hepatitis-b2579373.html
An Oregon anesthesiologist has been suspended after he may have exposed
patients at Portland-area hospitals to infectious diseases.
Over 2,000 patients at Providence Portland Willamette Falls Medical Center
and Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, in the Portland area, have been
informed they may have been exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, according to
KGW8.
Legacy Health, a hospital operator that had some of its facilities
impacted, announced it would be sending letters to 221 patients it thought
had been impacted, the outlet reported.
The infection control breach came from a third-party anesthesiologist
who had been contracted through the Oregon Anesthesiology Group. The
doctor had been providing care at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center for a
six-month period.
He started the role in December 2023, the outlet reported.
Upon learning of this situation, we immediately suspended the provider
and launched a comprehensive investigation in accordance with regulations
and with our policies and procedures, Legacy Health said in a statement.
According to the outlet, Providence said that 2,200 patients at Providence
Willamette Falls Medical Center and two at its Portland Medical Center
facility were being notified of the breach.
The organization also told KGW8 the outbreak had to do with one medical
professional, who is no longer employed by the anesthesiology group.
Legacy switched to another provider which caused hundreds of surgeries to
be delayed, KGW8 reported.
Neither of the organizations provided details on how patients may have
been directly exposed to the diseases. However, Providence said their
patients were put at a low risk of exposure to hepatitis B and C and
HIV.
Out of an abundance of caution, we are encouraging these patients to get
a blood test to screen for the aforementioned infections, at no cost. If a
patient tests positive, Providence will reach out to discuss their test
results and next steps, the company said.
Patient safety is our number one priority and our patients have our full
commitment to a thorough review of this issue and appropriate action.
In a statement, Oregon Anesthesiology Group, the company that employed the
anesthesiologist in question, said:
The safety of our patients is our top priority. When we learned that the
physician had violated infection control practices, we suspended him,
informed our partners Legacy Health and Providence and then began an
investigation that resulted in the physicians termination.
Even though the risk of infection was low, new protocols and procedures
have been put in place to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Oregon Health Authority said it did not know of any illnesses related
to the potential breach.
The physician at the center of the scandal allegedly used unacceptable
infection control practices, which put patients at risk of infections, a
statement released by the agency said.
While news of this infection control breach at Legacy Mt Hood Medical
Center and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center may be distressing
for some people, its important to know that Oregons health care
providers employ highly qualified and skilled infection preventionists and
laboratory staff who lead the charge to prevent health care-associated
infections.
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An Oregon anesthesiologist has been suspended after he may have exposed
patients at Portland-area hospitals to infectious diseases.
Over 2,000 patients at Providence Portland Willamette Falls Medical Center
and Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center, in the Portland area, have been
informed they may have been exposed to HIV and Hepatitis, according to
KGW8.
Legacy Health, a hospital operator that had some of its facilities
impacted, announced it would be sending letters to 221 patients it thought
had been impacted, the outlet reported.
The infection control breach came from a third-party anesthesiologist
who had been contracted through the Oregon Anesthesiology Group. The
doctor had been providing care at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center for a
six-month period.
He started the role in December 2023, the outlet reported.
Upon learning of this situation, we immediately suspended the provider
and launched a comprehensive investigation in accordance with regulations
and with our policies and procedures, Legacy Health said in a statement.
According to the outlet, Providence said that 2,200 patients at Providence
Willamette Falls Medical Center and two at its Portland Medical Center
facility were being notified of the breach.
The organization also told KGW8 the outbreak had to do with one medical
professional, who is no longer employed by the anesthesiology group.
Legacy switched to another provider which caused hundreds of surgeries to
be delayed, KGW8 reported.
Neither of the organizations provided details on how patients may have
been directly exposed to the diseases. However, Providence said their
patients were put at a low risk of exposure to hepatitis B and C and
HIV.
Out of an abundance of caution, we are encouraging these patients to get
a blood test to screen for the aforementioned infections, at no cost. If a
patient tests positive, Providence will reach out to discuss their test
results and next steps, the company said.
Patient safety is our number one priority and our patients have our full
commitment to a thorough review of this issue and appropriate action.
In a statement, Oregon Anesthesiology Group, the company that employed the
anesthesiologist in question, said:
The safety of our patients is our top priority. When we learned that the
physician had violated infection control practices, we suspended him,
informed our partners Legacy Health and Providence and then began an
investigation that resulted in the physicians termination.
Even though the risk of infection was low, new protocols and procedures
have been put in place to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The Oregon Health Authority said it did not know of any illnesses related
to the potential breach.
The physician at the center of the scandal allegedly used unacceptable
infection control practices, which put patients at risk of infections, a
statement released by the agency said.
While news of this infection control breach at Legacy Mt Hood Medical
Center and Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center may be distressing
for some people, its important to know that Oregons health care
providers employ highly qualified and skilled infection preventionists and
laboratory staff who lead the charge to prevent health care-associated
infections.
LGBT state legislators in Oregon
Ben Bowman (politician)
Kate Brown
Chuck Carpenter
George Eighmey
Dacia Grayber
Tina Kotek
Kate Lieber
Travis Nelson
Rob Nosse
Karin Power
Gail Shibley
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.