Health dept.: West Virginia clinic 再使用するd needles
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ― Health 公式の／役人s on Monday advised 患者s of a West Virginia 苦痛 管理／経営 clinic to be 実験（する）d for 血-borne 感染性の 病気s after an 調査 設立する that needles had been 再使用するd.
The 調査 by West Virginia health 公式の／役人s 設立する that, 事前の to November 2013, needles and 洗浄器／皮下注射／浣腸器s were 再使用するd at Valley 苦痛 管理／経営 in McMechen to 治める 苦痛 医薬s and 塩の 解答s. They said the same 苦痛 医薬 vial was used for more than one 患者.
These 注射 practices 潜在的に exposed 患者s to 病気s such as 肝炎 B, 肝炎 C and HIV, によれば health department 公式の／役人s in West Virginia and Ohio. Health 公式の／役人s 勧めるd 患者s from both 明言する／公表するs to be 実験（する）d.
McMechen is 位置を示すd in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle across the Ohio River from Ohio.
"While we cannot 決定する if these 手続きs 原因（となる）d any illnesses, it is possible this practice may have exposed Valley 苦痛 管理／経営 患者s to 感染s," Dr. Letitia Tierney, West Virginia Bureau for Public Health commissioner and 明言する／公表する health officer, said in the news 解放（する）.
Health 公式の／役人s from both 明言する／公表するs advised 患者s to be 実験（する）d for 血-borne 感染s if they had an 注射 between the clinic's 2010 開始 and Nov. 1, 2013.
Both 機関s said the clinic has not 協力するd with their requests for a 患者 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）, which they are 捜し出すing so 患者s can be 通知するd of their 可能性のある 危険 of （危険などに）さらす an d 実験（する）ing 選択s.
"It's not good news," Tim Coe, of Cadiz, Ohio, said Monday after learning about the 実験（する） （a）忠告の／（n）警報.
Coe said he went to the clinic one time in 2011 for 治療 for a 支援する problem and never returned.
He said he's already made an 任命 to have a 血 実験（する） next week but isn't 極端に nervous because he's had other 血 work done since then.
"I just feel bad for other people," he said.
The clinic did not すぐに return a telephone message Monday.
In West Virginia, 実験（する）ing is 利用できる at 地元の health departments in Hancock, Brooke, Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel 郡s.
The Ohio department recommends 患者s talk to their 最初の／主要な care providers about arranging 実験（する）ing, said Maureen Murphy-Weiss, the department's program 経営者／支配人 of viral 肝炎 予防.
