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Patients Test for HIV Exposure at Fla. Hospital

Associated Press - October 13, 2009

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- A South Florida hospital, where officials say a nurse may have exposed more than 1,800 patients to HIV and hepatitis by reusing medical supplies, says patients are being tested.

Officials at Broward General Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale said Tuesday that 410 of the 1,851 potentially exposed patients have been tested. Test results haven't been confirmed.

Earlier this month, the hospital said it discovered that 59-year-old Qui Lan (kwee lan) was reusing IV tubing and saline bags during cardiac chemical stress tests.

A hospital official has said the chances of infection are low, but it can't be ruled out.

Police are investigating. Lan's lawyer said her client didn't do anything wrong.

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