EDMONTON - Alberta Health says it has contacted more than 1,000 people who may have been infected by the re-use of single-use syringes in the High Prairie area.
The province says 954 patients who underwent endoscopies -- a medical procedure where a tube is inserted into the body to look for health problems -- have been offered testing for hepatitis and HIV.
Another 427 dental patients who received intravenous medication in the recovery room are also in the process of being contacted.
In a release, Alberta Health says it understands the anxiety the incident involving patients in the area between 1990 and last month may be causing the community about 250 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.
The province also says it wants to reassure patients that the risk of contracting infection from the incident is very low.
On Thursday, Saskatchewan announced a risk review into the reuse of single-use syringes in Lloydminster, Prince Albert, Weyburn, Swift Current and Yorkton.
