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This episode unravels the shocking case of David Kwiatkowski, a traveling radiologic technician whose addiction to fentanyl sparked the largest hepatitis C outbreak in American history. For nearly a decade, Kwiatkowski moved between 16 hospitals across seven states, stealing pain medication intended for vulnerable patients and replacing it with saline-filled syringes contaminated with his blood. By the time authorities caught him, 45 patients had been infected with a potentially deadly virus.

Resources: 

FBI

https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/former-employee-of-exeter-hospital-sentenced-to-39-years-in-connection-with-widespread-hepatitis-c-outbreak/ 

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/former-employee-exeter-hospital-sentenced-connection-widespread-hepatitis-c-outbreak 

https://www.dea.gov/press-releases/2013/12/02/former-employee-exeter-hospital-sentenced-connection-widespread-hepatitis 

https://oig.hhs.gov/fraud/enforcement/former-exeter-hospital-employees-request-for-compassionate-release-from-39-year-sentence-denied/ 

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/boston/press-releases/2012/former-employee-of-exeter-hospital-arrested-in-connection-with-hepatitis-c-outbreak 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/03/hepatitis-c-case-medical-technician-jailed 

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