[namaste_71]

Nurse accused of spreading hepatitis C at military hospital

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By Walter F. Roche Jr., Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
March 12, 2008

A nurse anesthetist at a Texas military hospital may have infected up to 15 patients with a potentially fatal strain of hepatitis C by stealing drugs meant for his patients and "knowingly" passing on his own infection, according to civil and criminal court filings and the report of a federal agency.

According to Daniel Henry, one of the alleged victims, Jon Dale Jones injected drugs meant for Henry into himself and then infected Henry with hepatitis by injecting him with the same needle.

http://www.latimes.com/features/heal...1,631474.story

[JessieRN]

Couldn't get the link to work, but from what I read that really is a terrible thing.

Guess misery loves company

[namaste_71]

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Nurse accused of spreading hepatitis C at military hospital


Try this link to a story in the El Paso paper
http://www.elpasotimes.com/health/ci_8539876

Or, you can go to http://www.floridahealthnews.com/
and it's the top story. Click on "more" and it will lead you to the 2 news articles.

[bluegeegoo2]

My father was a Vietnam vet who died last July from cirrhosis d/t hepatitis C. I also had 2 uncles die from the same thing, and an aunt who ended up with liver cancer from hepatitis C who died as well. They were 58, 49, 39, and 40 respectively. Having such a personal experience with the devastating effects of that disease, it truly makes me sad to know someone would be willing to expose others to it. Especially a healthcare worker who should know better. This, plus that revelation in Las Vegas makes me wonder about every injection I have every received.

[SillyStudent]

There is a special place in hell for people who (allegedly) do stuff like that. I have to keep believing that so I do not go crazy.

[BumblebeeRN]

What a horrible nurse Jon Dale Jones is!!!!!!!!!

how can he still have his license as clear/active when the investigation shows that he did this horrible crime??

i don't understand that! he in on my BON as clear/active!!!!!!! I don't get it!!

[CHATSDALE]

absolutly horrible
this guy should be charged with attempted murder

[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

Henry said that after the surgery Jones came in and gave him an injection.

"I asked him what he was doing, and he said he had to replace the needle. He must have put the needle in his arm before he put it in mine," Henry said.

About a week later, Henry said, he started turning orange and went back to his doctor.

"Sure enough, I had hepatitis," he said, adding that the infection further complicated his other ailments, including diabetes and congestive heart failure.

This was criminal.