Health authority apologizes for sterilization mistake at Saskatoon hospital
CTVnews 08 Feb 2019 at 11:52
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SASKATOON -- Saskatchewan health officials are reaching out to patients who may have been exposed to surgical instruments that were not fully sterilized.
The Saskatchewan Health Authority says the instruments were used on three people at Saskatoon City Hospital on Feb. 1 and Feb. 4.
The authority was unable to identify the three patients, so it has notified 13 people who may have been exposed during surgery on those two days.
The instruments were sterilized through a washer-disinfector cycle, which destroys blood-borne pathogens, including HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.
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