Seven states investigating Hepatitis C scare
Posted: Jul 26, 2012 9:46 PM EDT | Updated: Nov 6, 2014 4:40 AM EDT
NATIONAL -- Seven states, including Michigan, are conducting an investigation into whether a former employee infected patients with Hepatitis C.
Thousands of people across the country are now getting letters in the mail to encouraging them to get tested.
Police arrested a man accusing him of infecting people by stealing syringes and drugs for his own use and then using the same needles on patients.
"He knew he had Hepatitis C as of at least June 2010," U.S. Attorney John Kacavas said. "He continued to divert drugs, permitting tainted syringes to be used on patients under his care."
Hepatitis C is not curable, but is treatable.