Over 2,400 patients in Oregon may have been exposed to infectious diseases

PORTLAND, Oregon: An anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices could have exposed more than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, and HIV, officials said.

Providence said this week that it is notifying about 2,200 people who visited Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center in Oregon City and two patients seen at Providence Por