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(CNN) -- About 7,000 patients who visited a suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma, dentist in the past six years may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis, health investigators say.
Investigators were left grasping for words to describe what they found inside W. Scott Harrington's dental practice: Assistants did techniques that only a dentist should, and sterilization procedures and needles were handled improperly.
"I will tell you that when ... we left, we were just physically kind of sick," said Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry. "I mean, that's how bad (it was), and I've seen a lot of bad stuff over the years."
The state health department will offer free HIV and hepatitis testing to the thousands of patients who sat in Harrington's chairs.
Dentist's office a 'perfect storm' for HIV, hepatitis exposure - CNN.com
I saw this on TV earlier, that's some scary stuff.
(CNN) -- About 7,000 patients who visited a suburban Tulsa, Oklahoma, dentist in the past six years may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis, health investigators say.
Investigators were left grasping for words to describe what they found inside W. Scott Harrington's dental practice: Assistants did techniques that only a dentist should, and sterilization procedures and needles were handled improperly.
"I will tell you that when ... we left, we were just physically kind of sick," said Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry. "I mean, that's how bad (it was), and I've seen a lot of bad stuff over the years."
The state health department will offer free HIV and hepatitis testing to the thousands of patients who sat in Harrington's chairs.
Dentist's office a 'perfect storm' for HIV, hepatitis exposure - CNN.com
I saw this on TV earlier, that's some scary stuff.