NEWS STORY: Denver Dentist Reused Dirty Needles on Patients; Thousands Urged to Het HIV, Hepatitis T

Posted: July 18, 2012 / Source: http://www.nydailynews.com

Colorado state health officials have warned thousands of patients of a Denver-area dentist to get tested for HIV and hepatitis after it was revealed that he reused dirty needles on patients for 12 years.

State health officials said Dr. Stephen Stein, a prominent oral surgeon, had a nasty habit of using the same IV syringes to put different patients to sleep during surgeries conducted between September 1999 and June 2011, according to local reports.

"Needles and syringes were used repeatedly, often days at a time," the department said on its website.


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