Macrobid Side Effects May Lead To Autoimmune Hepatitis Lawsuits
Macrobid Side Effects Injury Lawsuits. Our Nitrofurantoin lawyers are investigating liver injuries associated with this drug. Nitrofurantoin is an antibiotic sold under the brand names Furadantin, Macrobid, Macrodantin, Nitrofur Mac, Nitro Macro, Nifty-SR, Martifur-MR and Urantoin. Recently, several cases of autoimmune hepatitis were … [Read more...]
Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas Exposure Potential Hepatitis and HIV Exposure. Free Case Review by our Hepatitis and HIV Injury Lawyers and Attorneys
Negligence In Hepatitis and HIV Exposure. The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada routinely reused syringes on multiple patients, a negligent practice which exposed thousands of patients to blood borne diseases, including Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. All of these diseases are extremely debilitating … [Read more...]
Hepatitis Exposure Injury Lawsuits
Hepatitis Exposure Lawsuits. Hepatitis is a virus that causes inflammation of the liver and produces a variety of symptoms. Often, hepatitis can be asymptomatic, producing no visible symptoms. Hepatitis A, B, C, and D are the most common types of hepatitis found in the United States.Hepatitis can affect anyone. People that are at the … [Read more...]
Energy Drink Consumption May Lead to Caffeine, Liver Injuries
A 50-year-old man has allegedly suffered from a plethora of mysterious symptoms after ingesting four to five energy drinks a day over several weeks. He had been suffering from abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting, and assumed these were symptoms of the flu. When his urine turned dark and his skin took on a yellow hue, the man sought … [Read more...]
Hepatitis Scare In Colorado Not Over Yet
Hundreds Of Patients Remain Untested. The hepatitis scandal that originated in Colorado is not yet over. The Denver Post reports that hundreds of patients remain untested for the dangerous liver disease that was potentially spread due to scrub tech Kristen Diane Parker’s shoddy practices and drug addiction. Hepatitis C is spread … [Read more...]
Patients May Have Been Exposed To HIV
A Florida Hospital Violated Infection Control Protocols. Another case of potential hospital-spread hepatitis has been discovered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. According to the Sun Sentinel, police in that city are looking into a long-time registered nurse who, according to her staff—violated infection-control protocols, with full … [Read more...]
Hospital Fighting Subpoena In Hepatitis Probe
Linked to a fired operating room tech is fighting a subpoena issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. One of the Colorado medical facilities involved in the hepatitis C scandal linked to a fired operating room tech is fighting a subpoena issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The Gazette wrote that the Audubon Ambulatory Surgical Center … [Read more...]
6000 Hospital Patients Exposed to Hepatitis
Former Surgery Tech Face Criminal Charges. A former surgery technician heard a list of criminal charges she faces in a potentially massive hepatitis contamination. The Denver Post said Kristen Diane Parker, 26, is accused of exposing thousands of patients to hepatitis C, “tampering with a consumer product, counterfeiting a controlled … [Read more...]
Hepatitis Outbreak at Atlantic City Hospital
Hepatitis Outbreak At Atlantic City. Fifteen dialysis patients at a hospital in Atlantic City have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and health officials in New Jersey are unclear about the origin of the outbreak. Philly.com reports that the 15 patients contracted the serious, sometimes deadly, liver disease since 2005 at the … [Read more...]
Health Workers Expose 60,000 to Hepatitis
People Were Exposed And Infected With Hepatitis. A recent federal report found that over 60,000 people were exposed and about 400 were infected with hepatitis because of lapses in injection safety practices, reports the Associated Press (AP). The contaminations involved 33 outbreaks and were mostly caused by violations of simple … [Read more...]
Poor Infection Control Put Patients at Risk
Patients have been Placed at Risk for Blood-Borne Infectious Diseases. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have just announced that, based on its decade-long review, it seems that over 60,000 patients have been placed at risk for potentially deadly, blood-borne infectious diseases. According to the CDC, over the … [Read more...]
Nearly 100 Patients of Nevada Clinic Positive for HIV, Hepatitis, and More are Expected
Endoscopy Center at Nevada Clinic Could Be Responsible for Blood Borne Infections In 100 Former Patients. The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada could be responsible for blood borne infections diagnosed in at least 100 former patients. Most of those victims contracted hepatitis or HIV following treatment at the Endoscopy Center of … [Read more...]
More Dix Hills Doctor Patients Test Positive for Hepatitis
Six More Dix Hills Doctor Patients Are Tested Positive For Hepatitis B. Six more patients of Dix Hills doctor Harvey Finkelstein have tested positive for hepatitis B, while another six have been found to have hepatitis C, according to the Nassau County Health Department. Of the 119 patients tested thus far, no one has tested positive … [Read more...]
Hepatitis Patients File Suit
Hepatitis Patients File Lawsuit Against Organ Banks. Two people who contracted hepatitis C after they received tissue transplants from an infected donor filed separate multimillion dollar lawsuits against the tissue and organ banks that screened and supplied the tissue. The two lawsuits, which were filed separately Thursday, ask … [Read more...]
