Patients got HIV from reused tube

Staff at a public hospital broke guideline meant to ensure safety

The misconduct of a health worker at a hospital in east Zhejiang province has led to the HIV infections of five people, the provincial health authority said on Thursday.

The staff worker has been detained by police, it said. Administrative punishments were given to several other members of staff at the Zhejiang Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hangzhou, a major local public hospital.