Hospital Warns 213 Patients May Have Been Exposed To Hepatitis, HIV Due To Tampering of Drugs By Ex-Employee
SOMERS POINT, N.J. - As many as 213 patients at Shore Medical Center may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis because of drug tampering by an employee, the hospital said Thursday.
The employee, who worked in the hospital's pharmacy, has not been identified publicly but has been terminated, according to a statement.
"We have been working with public health authorities to determine if patients could have been exposed to blood-borne pathogens at Shore through contact with this employee's blood," said a statement issued by the hospital Thursday.
The employee, who worked in the hospital's pharmacy, has not been identified publicly but has been terminated, according to a statement.
"We have been working with public health authorities to determine if patients could have been exposed to blood-borne pathogens at Shore through contact with this employee's blood," said a statement issued by the hospital Thursday.