Kalamazoo health center patients urged to get HIV, hepatitis tests after sterilization failure

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Kalamazoo health center patients urged to get HIV, hepatitis tests after sterilization failure

KALAMAZOO, MI -- Family Health Center is encouraging some patients to get tested for hepatitis and HIV after learning dental equipment wasn’t sterilized properly.

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The Family Health Center office at 505 E. Alcott St. in Kalamazoo. Photo by Ben Lando. The Family Health Center (FHC) said a missed step in the sterilization process may have put patients at risk of infection if they received dental services at its Alcott Street location from Nov. 3-6, 2025. In letters sent to an undisclosed number of affected individuals, FHC wrote that “some dental instruments used during this time may not have gone through ev…