Approximately 2,400 patients across various Portland-area hospitals may have been exposed.
Legacy Health reported notifying 221 patients who were treated at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center during the physician's employment there.
The physician worked at multiple hospitals under the employ of different medical groups: Providence Health & Services and Oregon Anesthesiology Group.
Thousands of patients in Oregon and Southwest Washington may have been exposed to infectious diseases including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV.
Thousands of patients in Oregon and Southwest Washington may have been exposed to infectious diseases, including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV, due to a physician who disregarded infection control practices between 2017 and 2023. The physician worked at multiple hospitals under the employ of different medical groups: Providence Health & Services and Oregon Anesthesiology Group.
Providence Health & Services announced that approximately 2,400 patients across various Portland-area hospitals, including Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City and Providence Portland Medical Center, may have been exposed. Legacy Health also reported notifying 221 patients who were treated at Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center in Gresham during the physician's employment there from December 2023 to an unspecified end date.
The Oregon Health Authority is currently investigating the breaches of infection control practices at both Providence Willamette Falls and Legacy Mount Hood Medical Centers. Neither health authority nor the hospitals have reported any illnesses associated with these incidents yet.
Oregon Anesthesiology Group terminated the physician's employment upon learning of their noncompliance with infection control practices. The group stated that new protocols and procedures have been put in place to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
Patients who may have been affected are being notified and encouraged to get a free blood test for screening purposes. If a patient tests positive, they will be contacted by the respective healthcare provider for further steps.
A physician at Providence Health may have breached infection control practices, potentially exposing thousands of patients to bloodborne infections (hepatitis B and C, HIV) between 2017 and 2023.
Approximately 2,200 patients at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City are being notified of potential exposure.
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center is also notifying 221 additional patients who may have been exposed during the physician’s employment there from December 2023 to an unspecified end date.
A Portland, Oregon anesthesiologist may have exposed over 2,400 patients to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV between 2017 and 2023.
The physician worked at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City and Providence Portland Medical Center.
Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center also reported that two of its patients may have been affected.
Approximately 2,400 patients may have been exposed to possible infections, including hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
The exposure occurred due to a doctor disregarding infection control procedures while employed by Oregon Anesthesiology Group
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The article reports on a situation where a doctor disregarded safety protocols leading to potential exposure of thousands of patients to diseases. The author does not commit any logical fallacies in their reporting. However, there are some instances where the author uses inflammatory rhetoric and appeals to authority, but these do not constitute fallacies as they are used appropriately in the context of reporting news.
]The actions of this physician might have put patients at a 'risk of exposure to possible infections, including hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)['
Providence stated that about 2,200 patients may have been exposed
