"This is the first documented report of
patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C virus associated with a dental
setting in the United States," state epidemiologist Dr. Kristy
Bradley said
in a statement. A Tulsa dentist, Dr.
W. Scott Harrington was accused of causing the nations first
known outbreak of hepatitis C because he was using unsanitary and rusty needles
and equipment. At least 89 of Harrington's patients tests came
out positive leading to the shutdown of his practice in March 2013.
According to the Department of Health, this investigation has cost more than
$710,000 in federal, state, and local funds. If that is not a blow to
a career, I don't know what is.
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