A Never Event: Exposing the Largest Outbreak of Hepatitis C in American Healthcare History
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- Synopsis
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CANCER CLINIC CAUSES WORST HEPATITIS OUTBREAK IN US HISTORY
In the small farming community of Fremont, Nebraska, townspeople eagerly welcomed an acclaimed doctor as the first full-time oncologist at their new cancer treatment center—but the fanfare soon turned into a nightmare. During chemotherapy treatments, 857 patients who were already waging the fights of their lives against cancer, were inexplicably exposed to the deadly, blood-borne hepatitis C virus. At least ninety-nine of them contracted the lethal illness. The horror was unprecedented—this was the largest healthcare-transmitted outbreak of hepatitis C in American history.
- Copyright:
- 2014
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 366 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780615394978
- Publisher:
- History Examined, LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 10/25/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Evelyn V. McKnight and Travis T. Bennington
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Medicine
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.