The Oklahoma Department of Health is sending letters to patients of Dr Scott Harrington, urging them to have their blood tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Investigators said they found numerous health and safety violations at his practice, including nonsterilized and rusty instruments. The unsanitary practices of the dentist may have exposed thousands of patients to HIVand hepatitis forcing him to close his practices while health officials investigate and test about 7,000 people who had visited him since 2007.
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