YKHC offering blood tests to patients potentially affected by partially sterilized dental tools

The Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation is offering blood tests to patients treated at their dental clinic between Sept 13 – 21 after the clinic learned that some instruments were only partially sterilized.
YKHC consists of a regional hospital in Bethel, nine regional facilities and 47 village clinics. The corporation employs around 1,500 people and has an annual payroll of $70 million. (Photo courtesy of YKHC)Thirteen instruments were incompletely sterilized and possibly used on patients d