A nurse who admitted using drugs meant for patients has been identified as the likely source of a hepatitis outbreak at a hospital in Washington state
, according to a report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday.
The agency began its extensive investigation last year when officials were notified of a hepatitis C outbreak among patients at the hospital after routine surveillance identified two patients with the illness in the emergency room, the report says.
The report said one patient was known to have chronic hepatitis C and received injectable narcotics from the nurse twice in the emergency room. "It is possible that nurse A acquired the virus from the patient with chronic HCV infection during the November 8 visit and was infectious during November 22-December 26, 2017, during which time at least 12 patients that she treated became infected," the report said.
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