Veteran Patients at Risk for Hepatitis and HIV from Flawed Insulin Injections

Diabetic veterans treated at William Beaumont Army Medical Center are at risk for hepatitis or HIV due to possible tainted insulin injections.

Although each needle was new and sterilized, the pen portion of the multi-dose injectors may have been used on more than one person.

The discovery came last week after 18 months of improper use. Patients receiving insulin injections between August 2007 and January 2009 at the center may be at risk for developing blood-borne diseases.

William Beaumont spokesman Clarence Davis III said the mistake is under investigation. The process of notifying at-risk patients is under way, and that an Army-wide review of the insulin devices has been ordered.