March 30, 2013

Scott Harrington - Dentist in Oklahoma exposing his patients to risk

A 30 year old photo of
Dr. Scott Harrington
Dr. W. Scott Harrington, age 64, has exposed his dental patients in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C.

This is due to filthy conditions at his office, unsanitary disinfection procedures and the hiring of staff who were not medically qualified to administer injections, IV's and other procedures.

He used rusty instruments, drug vials with expiration dates from 1993, reused needles and an autoclave for sterilizing instruments that hadn't been tested in six years.

He has been practicing dentistry for 36 years.

The investigation into this dentist's practice by Health Officials was triggered by the discovery of a person with no known risk factors for HIV or hepatitis C who tested positive for both viruses and had had a dental procedure performed at the likely time of exposure. That dental procedure was done at one of Harrington's dental offices.

Free testing will be done for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C for all patients of Doctor Harrington, at the expense of the Oklahoma taxpayers.

Generally, we at this blog, don't like dentists.  They can be greedy S.O.B.'s. 

If you have a dental plan, they recommend procedures that are often not necessary.  They want your money. 

Saint Jude, pray that we
are saved from the
greedy dentists
The issue with Dr. Harrington is troubling because 7,000 people have to worry if they have HIV or Hepatitis C or some other debilitating disease, and so do their loved ones, who may also be infected. 

How many people did this filthy dentist ultimately contaminate?  Were his staff blind to what was happening? Did they speak up?  

All of this incompetence and lack of concern is the result of the quest for money.  

What does it profit a man who gains the whole world and loses his own soul? 

Pray for the patients and the families of patients of Scott Harrington.  They will be troubled and worried for years over going to a routine visit to a dentist.  Amen. 

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