No Risk From Hepatitis C dentist

Posted: 21-Mar-2007 << BACK

BBC Online There is no evidence that a dentist suffering from hepatitis C infected any patients, a report by the National Public Health Service for Wales says.

Half of the 5,000 patients at the unidentified Gwynedd dental practice were tested for the virus.

Eleven patients did return positive results, but all had different types of hepatitis C from the dentist.

However, the report found some gaps in the system, which it asked the Welsh Assembly Government to review.

On Wednesday, a 77-page report was published on the findings of the team set up to investigate any possible risk from the dentist since he tested positive in October 2005. click here to read the rest of the article