Over 3,700 Patients At New Jersey Surgery Center May Have Been Exposed To HIV, Hepatitis

According to New Jersey’s State Department of Health, an ambulatory surgery center did not follow proper sterilization procedures and may have exposed almost over 3,700 patients to HIV and hepatitis B and C.

The department stated that “lapses in infection control” and sterilization were found during an investigation of HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey. According to CBS News, the surgery center is alerting 3,778 patients that they may have been exposed to infections. The surgery center sent a message to patients asserting, “during this time period, lapses in infection control in sterilization/cleaning instruments and the injection of medications may have exposed patients to bloodborne pathogen.”