40 in Oregon Receive Organs or Tissue Contaminated with Hepatitis C
October 4, 2002
Oregon health officials announced today that as many as 40 people may have received organs or tissue contaminated with the liver disease hepatitis C. Investigators with the Oregon Health Department and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that the tainted organs and tissue came from one Oregon donor, an unidentified man who died of a brain hemorrhage two years ago. Five of the six organ recipients have reportedly died and the sixth patient has hepatitis. Seven tissue recipients have also tested positive for the disorder. Physicians with the CDC say the organ donor was most likely infected with hepatitis shortly before he died and never showed symptoms. Liver disease failed to show up on a blood test at death.
-- Article Courtesy of InjuryBoard.com
More ...
- Fourth Organ Donor Recipient Tests Positive for West Nile
- New York Hospitals to Re-Examine Transplant Procedures
- Organ Transplant Rejection: Overview
.