November 1, 2009
Scrub tech pleads guilty in hepatitis case
A former surgical technician who apparently infected more than a dozen patients with hepatitis C by stealing fentanyl and placing used syringes back on anesthesia carts pleaded guilty September 25, 2009, to federal charges of tampering and theft, the Denver Post reported.
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