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<p>How egregious were the infection control violations in an outbreak in a New York City outpatient oncology clinic? Three patients died and investigators agreed it could have been much worse. The staggering array of breaks in basic practice prompted investigator <strong>Joel Ackelsberg</strong>, MD, MPH, to dub the outbreak “the wild, wild west.”</p>

Wild, Wild West: Clinic Outbreak Breaks All the Rules

Seventeen oncology patients infected, three die