Dental patients risk HIV infection

Lucas slams...

One load of equipment used at Queensland Health's Bundaberg Dental Clinic clinic on November 6 was washed with high-pressure water and detergent but failed to go through the... More »
NEWS.com.au - Nov. 16, 2009
Lucas slams health scare
Queensland's Chief Health Officer has admitted it took a week for staff at Bundaberg Hospital to realise non-sterilised dental instruments had been used on other patients. Dr... More »
Brisbane Times - Nov. 16, 2009
Hospital dirty instruments row 'frightening'
Queensland Opposition health spokesman Mark McArdle says it is frightening more than 200 dental patients at the Bundaberg hospital could have been exposed to HIV or... More »
ABC Online - Nov. 16, 2009
HIV fears after clinic uses dirty instruments
More than 270 people have been offered free tests for diseases like hepatitis and HIV. (ABC News) Hundreds of people in Queensland face an anxious wait after a failure in... More »
ABC Online - Nov. 16, 2009
Dental patients risk deadly diseases
One load of equipment used at Queensland Health's Bundaberg Dental Clinic clinic on November 6 was washed with high-pressure water and detergent but failed to go through the... More »
West Australia Sunday Times - Nov. 16, 2009
Hepatitis, HIV fear over unclean hospital
MORE than 270 people will need to be tested for blood borne diseases after a failure in sterilisation procedures at a southern Queensland hospital. Queensland Health told AAP... More »
NEWS.com.au - Nov. 16, 2009
Unsterilised equipment: Dental patients risk infection
... infectious disease spokesman Mike Whitby said the risk was 'extremely low'. One batch of equipment used at the on November 6 was washed with high-pressure water and... More »
Brisbane Courier-Mail - Nov. 16, 2009
Qld dental clinic causes health scare
More than 270 people may need to be tested for hepatitis and HIV after a failure in sterilisation procedures at a southern Queensland hospital. Queensland Health told AAP... More »
The Age - Nov. 16, 2009
Hospital hepatitis scare
More than 270 people will need to be tested for blood borne diseases after a failure in sterilisation procedures at a Bundaberg hospital. Queensland Health said that 274... More »
Brisbane Times - Nov. 15, 2009
Head injuries: Girl hit by car in the city
By David Barbeler MORE than 270 people will need to be tested for blood borne diseases after a failure in sterilisation procedures at a southern Queensland hospital. More... More »
Herald Sun - Nov. 15, 2009
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