Nearly 1,200 surgical patients may have been exposed to hepatitis, HIV and other infectious diseases due to a sterilization failure, a northern Indiana hospital says.
A Goshen Hospital sterilization technician failed to complete one crucial step in the sterilizing process of some surgical equipment, potentially exposing patients who underwent surgery at the hospital between April 1 and Sept. 30, hospital officials said in a letter sent to patients.
The hospital said the issue was corrected immediately and that the risk of infection is low.
Read more: Indiana hospital: We failed to disinfect surgical tools – AP