ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis VA Medical Center has urged nearly 2,000 veterans to return for blood tests because inadequately sterilized equipment may have exposed them to viral infections such as hepatitis C and HIV during dental procedures.
UPDATE: Faulty dental sterilization reported at St. Louis veterans hospital
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 1:34 p.m. CDT;
updated 7:25 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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