Seattle: Hundreds of Virginia Mason patients notified of Low Risk of Hepatitis B Exposure
by Press Release from Outbreak News Today on (#1HP9W)
Virginia Mason has begun contacting nearly 650 individuals treated in the medical center's dialysis unit since February 2011 because they may have been near another dialysis patient who was hepatitis B-positive. The individuals are being informed of this situation and encouraged to contact their health care provider to determine their hepatitis B status or need ["]
