Over 3,000 Patients Possibly Exposed to HIV, Hepatitis at New Jersey Clinic

Undated file photo showing an electron micrograph of HIV-1 (in green) budding from cultured lymphocyte. Public domain

Health officials have said more than 3,000 patients at a New Jersey surgery center may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV pathogens.

Patients who had procedures done at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, between January and Sept. 7 of this year may have been exposed to the bloodborne infections, according to officials cited by The Associated Press and ABC7.