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Tests suggested for Houston Healthcare patients in hepatitis probe

NewsCentral Staff

Story Created: Nov 12, 2012 at 10:58 PM EDT

Story Updated: Nov 13, 2012 at 12:40 AM EDT

MACON, GA (AP) - A hospital in middle Georgia is suggesting that about 400 additional patients get tested for hepatitis C as a former employee faces charges in New Hampshire of tampering with needles and infecting more than 30 people.

Officials at Houston Healthcare, which operates clinics in Perry and Warner Robins, recently sent letters to the patients suggesting they be tested for the infection.

David Kwiatkowski worked at Houston Medical Center between October 2010 and March 2011. Kwiatkowski worked at hospitals in several states. The newspaper says no local hepatitis C cases match the strain under investigation.

In addition to the cases in New Hampshire, a woman in Kansas and an unidentified Maryland patient have tested positive for a similar strain of the infection.
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Information from: The Macon Telegraph, http://www.macontelegraph.com
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