The Galveston County Health District and Department of State Health Services are investigating health facilities that potentially spread hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and HIV, according to an article on the Click 2 Houston website.
The investigation at Coastal Health and Wellness in Galveston and Texas City was launched after a site review.
“Poor sterilization, not adequately documenting sterilized dental instruments. Dirty areas that were not properly cleaned where sterile instruments were passing through. Although we have no conclusive evidence at this time that disease transmission has taken place from procedures that were performed at Coastal Health and Wellness, we want to err on the side of caution and offer testing to any patients who could have been impacted,” Dr. Philip Keiser, Galveston County local health authority, said in the article.
Officials said the facilities performed dental and medical procedures with unsterilized equipment.
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