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BBC News - November 13, 2006
They were contacted by Birmingham's Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, the Alexandra in Redditch, Kidderminster General and Evesham Community Hospital.
People in the Midlands and Southampton were told that the worker, employed at the hospitals over the last six years, presented a small risk of transmission.
The helpline was set up to offer information, advice and blood tests.
By the end of Sunday, 74% of the 1,096 callers had taken up the offer of blood tests at clinics.
The hospitals involved said they were pleased that patients had acted on NHS advice to have blood tests.
They recommended that any of the 1,185 patients who have received a notification letter and have not yet contacted the confidential helpline should do so.
West Midlands Strategic Health Authority said there was no recorded case of transmission of HIV from an infected healthcare worker to a patient in the UK, adding that the risk of an infected of passing hepatitis B to a patient was also low.
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