Seattle Hospital Urges Patient Testing After Former Surgical Tech Charged

SEATTLE (CBS4)– A Seattle hospital has urged more than 1,300 patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after a former surgery technician was charged with stealing and swapping syringes in Colorado.Swedish Medical Center in Englewood suggested nearly 3,000 former patients get tested for HIV and hepatitis B and C after former surgical technician Rocky Allen was fired.
Allen, 28, is accused of switching needles to get the painkiller fentanyl from the operating room. He has been criminally&