Over 2,400 patients may have been exposed to infections in the Portland area after a physician broke control protocol.

Over 2,400 patients may have been exposed to infections in the Portland area after a physician broke control protocol.

More than 2,400 patients may have been exposed to infectious diseases because of an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices, officials said.

2,400 Oregon hospital patients potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis An anesthesiologist may not have followed infection control practices, thus potentially exposing the patients, officials say.

An Oregon hospital system is facing a lawsuit after more than 2,000 patients were possibly exposed to HIV and hepatitis.

Baystate Wing Hospital in Palmer, Mass., has contacted an unknown number of patients who may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV due to a potential sterilization issue during surgeries performed ...

Several Portland area hospitals used an outsourced anesthesiology group whose physician may have exposed more than 2,000 patients to HIV and hepatitis B and C by not following proper protocols.

“The actions of this physician might have put patients at a low risk of exposure to possible infections, including hepatitis B and C and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),“ the statement continued.