Deadly Hepatitis B Outbreak
A state panel reccomended a $16,000 fine Thursday for an assisted living middle where 6 died from Hepatitis B. The Glen Care facility in Mount Olive was the middle in the outbreak that hospitalized 8 clients. Several those who realized the hepatitis victims mentioned the fine is not strong enough.
The North Carolina Penalty Review Committee unanimously proposed the fine to Barbara Ryan, chief in the state’s adult care licensure section.
Investigators with the Division of Public Health concluded five medical technicians at Glen Care reused diabetes pens, gadgets utilised to check out blood-glucose ranges. Seven in the 8 people who contracted Hepatitis B ended up diabetes paitients.
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What is Hepatitis B?
According to MayoClinic, Hepatitis B is a serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV). For some people, hepatitis B infection becomes chronic, leading to liver failure, liver cancer, or cirrhosis — a condition that causes permanent scarring of the liver.
Hepatitis B Symptoms
Signs and symptoms of hepatitis B may include:
- Abdominal pain
- Dark urine
- Joint pain
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Weakness and fatigue
- Yellowing of your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
Most infants and children with hepatitis B never develop signs and symptoms. The same is true for some adults.
