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Thousands of dental patients in Sydney may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis





Thousands of dental patients in Sydney may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis

 2 Jul 2015,

The Gentle Dentist practice at Campsie 
More than 10,000 Sydney dental patients may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis because of an infection control breach at four clinics across the city.

It is believed the disease risk was caused by poor cleaning and sterilisation techniques at four dental practices.

New South Wales Health confirmed up to 11,000 people may be affected, that four practices were involved and that 12 dentists were under investigation because of a number of breaches dating back several years.

The four practices are located in the city, Surry Hills, Bondi Junction and Campsie in Sydney's south-west.

Two of them are the Gentle Dentist at Campsie and Sussex Street in the Sydney CBD, which were run by Samson Chan, and the other two were practices at Surry Hills and Bondi Junction run by Dr Robert Starkenburg.

Both Dr Chan and Dr Starkenburg have been suspended from practising.

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"Public health investigations began that included audits of infection-controlled protocols and procedures within these clinics," Dr Shane Fryer of the Dental Council of NSW said.

Dr Samson Chan 

"These audits showed that there were some problems with the cleaning, sterilisation and storage of instruments in that it was not being done in compliance with the guidelines of the dental board of Australia," he said.

"The dental council has interim immediate action, powers to suspend and impose conditions on dental practitioners, and registration, if we believe it is appropriate to do so to protect the health and safety of the public.

"We have taken such action in relation to 12 dental practitioners involved in these serious infection control breaches.

"In March, the dental council suspended the registration of Dr Samson Chan, the owner and principal dentist of the Gentle Dentist at Campsie and Sussex Street Sydney.

Information for patients

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"We also suspended four other dentists at Dr Chan's practices and imposed conditions on six other dentists.

"In December, the dental council also took urgent action to suspend sole practitioner Dr Robert Starkenburg who practiced at Bondi Junction and Surry Hills.

"I want to assure the public that there are stringent guidelines in place in relation to infection control, that dental practitioners must adhere to."


 














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