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DC lab botched Zika tests involving pregnant women: 409 tests sent for retesting, including 294 for pregnant women

The Washington post (Washington, D.C. 1974. Online), 2017-02-16

Copyright The Washington Post Company, Feb 16, 2017 ;ISSN: 0190-8286 ;EISSN: 2641-9599

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    DC lab botched Zika tests involving pregnant women: 409 tests sent for retesting, including 294 for pregnant women
  • Author: Sun, Lena H
  • Subjects: Birth defects ; Disease control ; Medical research ; Public health ; Viral infections ; Womens health ; Zika virus
  • Is Part Of: The Washington post (Washington, D.C. 1974. Online), 2017-02-16
  • Description: The mistakes, made public Thursday by city officials, have prompted retesting for the Zika virus of specimens from more than 400 people, including nearly 300 pregnant women who may have mistakenly been told they didn't have the mosquito-borne viral infection. The tests involve specimens collected by private physicians, hospitals and other health-care providers from men and women between July 14 and Dec. 14 that were analyzed by the District's public health lab. The specimens from the pregnant women have been shipped to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for retesting; the remaining samples for 115 nonpregnant women and men were sent to other public health labs approved by the CDC, said Jenifer Smith, head of the D.C. Department of Forensic Sciences, which oversees the city's public health laboratory. While doctors know that diagnostic testing for Zika is not foolproof and conduct regular ultrasounds if a patient could be at risk, botched results from the public health lab mean some patients "could have been given false reassurances," Driggers said. D.C. officials said the new test results will be faxed to all health-care providers who submitted specimens from their patients during the time period in question. Health officials in the District...
  • Publisher: Washington, D.C: WP Company LLC d/b/a The Washington Post
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0190-8286
    EISSN: 2641-9599
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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