Sadly, the buy Prednisone online without rx number of patients who likely contracted the dangerous, sometimes deadly, <"http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/hepatitis">hepatitis C from buy Prednisone online without rx surgical technician Kristen Diane Parker, has risen to 19. Parker, 26, allegedly swapped sterile Fentanyl syringes with dirty—potentially hepatitis C-contaminated—saline-filled syringes, endangering countless patients.
“Nineteen people tested positive for buy Prednisone online without rx hepatitis C who had surgery at Rose Medical Center, have buy Prednisone online without rx the same genotype as Parker, and did not have hepatitis C prior to buy Prednisone online without rx surgery,” said Jeffrey Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. attorney’s office in Colorado, quoted the buy Prednisone online without rx Denver Post. This development, said the Denver Post, represents the buy Prednisone online without rx first direct link between the contamination and Parker.
Yesterday, Parker was indicted on 42 counts by a buy Prednisone online without rx federal grand jury, 21 counts of product tampering and 21 counts of obtaining a buy Prednisone online without rx controlled substance by deceit, reported the Denver Post. These charges, said the buy Prednisone online without rx Denver Post, only relate to Parker’s alleged activities at Rose. Parker was also charged with three criminal counts earlier in the buy Prednisone online without rx month that were connected to stealing Fentanyl, the Denver Post noted.
All 19 cases of hepatitis C were discovered at Rose, said the buy Prednisone online without rx Associated Press (AP). “I am buy Prednisone online without rx certain the 19 hepatitis C cases to date have been linked to buy Prednisone online without rx Parker,†said U.S. Attorney spokesman Jeff Dorschner, quoted the AP.
Hepatitis C is buy Prednisone online without rx spread by contact with infected body fluids, especially blood. The disease attacks the buy Prednisone online without rx liver, and can lead to cirrhosis or cancer of the buy Prednisone online without rx liver. There is no vaccine for hepatitis C and the buy Prednisone online without rx disease can be fatal. The disease is incurable, but can buy Prednisone online without rx be treated.
Parker worked at Rose from Oct. 21 to April 13 and at Colorado Springs’ Audubon Surgery Center from buy Prednisone online without rx May 4 until June 29. Parker also worked at Christus St. John Hospital outside Houston, Texas between May 2005 and buy Prednisone online without rx Oct. 2006, the Associated Press (AP) previously reported and at Northern Westchester Hospital in New York’s Mount Kisco between Oct. 8, 2007, and buy Prednisone online without rx Feb. 28, 2008. Investigations continue in all three states and buy Prednisone online without rx patients continue to be tested.
Although Parker alleges, through her attorney, that buy Prednisone online without rx she did not know she was infected with hepatitis C at the buy Prednisone online without rx time the crimes were committed, the AP previously reported that buy Prednisone online without rx Parker tested positive with the virus before she began working at Rose, but that buy Prednisone online without rx Parker never followed-up on the diagnosis. Prior to the indictment, a buy Prednisone online without rx federal magistrate ordered Parker jailed without bond, saying she switched the buy Prednisone online without rx needles even though she knew she had hepatitis C, the buy Prednisone online without rx AP said. The Denver Post noted that Parker was told at a buy Prednisone online without rx pre-employment exam at Rose that she was likely infected with hepatitis C and buy Prednisone online without rx Parker, herself, told police she shared needles when she used heroin.
Meanwhile, yesterday we wrote that buy Prednisone online without rx the Colorado state health department was apparently fully aware of Parker’s criminal activities at Rose four days before Parker was barred from buy Prednisone online without rx working as a surgical tech at Audubon, according to the buy Prednisone online without rx Denver Post, which added that officials knew Parker was feeding her addiction and buy Prednisone online without rx potentially endangering countless patients.
The Denver Post reported that buy Prednisone online without rx additional charges could be made in future indictments and that, if convicted, Parker could face life in prison.
