TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) State health officials say two people who were treated at a northwest Kansas hospital in 2010 have tested positive for a strain of hepatitis C “closely related” to a cluster of cases in New Hampshire.
Kansas officials notified more than 400 former Hays Medical Center patients last month that they may have been exposed to the disease by a traveling hospital technician who’s accused of causing an outbreak in New Hampshire.
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment said Friday that of 334 patients who submitted blood as of Thursday, 311 were negative for hepatitis C. Tests on the rest are still being done.
The agency provided no details about the two people who tested positive for a strain similar to the New Hampshire cases.
