LawyersandSettlements.com just posted about an important alert from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment—patients of facial and oral surgeon, Dr. Stephen Stein, who had practices in Highlands Ranch, CO and Denver, CO—are urged to get tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Patients of Dr. Stein may have been exposed to infection, the Colorado health department reports, as Stein had been found to have re-used needles for procedures on multiple patients.
This CBS News video provides more information, and concerned patients can find more information by reading the FAQs posted by the Colorado department of health.