Halton Public Health Warn a Burlington Walk-in Clinic Used Unsterile Needle for Five Years

Halton public health warn a Burlington walk-in clinic used unsterile needle for five years

The Halton Family Health Centre Walk-in Clinicwas using the potentially contaminated needle for freezing doses between from Jan. 2019 and July 2025.

Public health warns of infection control lapse at Burlington walk-in clinic

Patients who visited between January 1, 2019 and July 17, 2025, and received a treatment requiring local anesthetic by injection (freezing) may have been exposed to blood and blood-borne infections

Walkers Line Clinic found to have used unsterile needle with a multidose vial of local anesthetic medication (freezing) between January 1, 2019, and July 17, 2025.

By Gazette Staff September 17th, 2025 BURLINGTON, ON Public Notice: Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) Lapse at Walk-In Clinic in Burlington Halton Region Public Health is notifying the public…