Hepatitis C Outbreak at Atlantic City Hospital


	Hepatitis C Outbreak at Atlantic City Hospital

j123law

5-6-2009 8:16 AM

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Officials at have reported 15 cases of hepatitis C at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Administrators from the AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s City Campus contacted the state this month after discovering five recent cases of hepatitis C during an annual federally mandated hepatitis C testing of dialysis patients.

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