Hepatitis C tests continue after N.H. tech's arrest

 
By HOLLY RAMER, Associated Press | Published: December 23, 2012   

CONCORD, N.H. — Hospitals across the country recommended hepatitis C testing for about 7,900 patients last summer after a traveling medical worker was accused of stealing drugs and infecting patients with tainted syringes in New Hampshire. But five months later, nearly half of those who were possibly exposed to the liver-destroying disease in other states have yet to be tested.

photo - In this Aug. 11 file photo, employees of the New Hampshire state health department set up a temporary clinic at the the middle school in Stratham, N.H., to test hundreds of people for hepatitis C related to an outbreak at nearby Exeter Hospital. AP file photo <strong>Jim Cole - AP file photo</strong>
In this Aug. 11 file photo, employees of the New Hampshire state health department set up a temporary clinic at the the middle school in Stratham, N.H., to test hundreds of people for hepatitis C related to an outbreak at nearby Exeter Hospital. AP file photo Jim Cole - AP file photo

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