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Contaminated needle used to draw blood from child at St. Catharines hospital

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Kalesa Sewell and her children, Fallon and Ainsley. Fallon, 2, had blood drawn with a contaminated needle at St. Catharines hospital. – Julie Jocsak,The St. Catharines Standard

Niagara Health has apologized to a St. Catharines mother for drawing blood from her son with a contaminated needle last week.

Kalesa Sewell’s two-year-old Fallon had to be tested for HIV, along with hepatitis B and C, after a personal support worker pricked herself with a needle that was then used to draw blood from the boy.  Read More

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