On Dec. 24, 2013, four patients at a Kitchener colonoscopy clinic became infected with hepatitis C.
It was several months before any of them realized it – and nearly a year before a second diagnosis allowed public health officials to link the cases to Tri-City Colonoscopy Clinic.
While nobody knows what happened to transmit the virus with complete certainty, it’s believed shared equipment is to blame.
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Canada: Hepatitis C outbreak declared at Kitchener colonscopy clinic
A hepatitis C outbreak has been declared after five patients were diagnosed with the virus following treatment at the Tri-City Colonoscopy Clinic in Kitchener on Christmas Eve in 2013.
The patients were treated that day along with eight others, according to a report from Waterloo Region Public Health.
"At this point in time, Public Health has no evidence that there was a risk to clients seen on other days at Tri-City Colonoscopy Clinic," the report said.
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The patients were treated that day along with eight others, according to a report from Waterloo Region Public Health.
"At this point in time, Public Health has no evidence that there was a risk to clients seen on other days at Tri-City Colonoscopy Clinic," the report said.
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