Ballad Health Notification

While the health risk is being described as very low, Ballad Health has released a statement after 100 patients received letters informing them of a “medication incident” that might have occurred during a hospital visit.The letter states it was sent to notify the recipient that a possible incident that could have happened at the Johnson City Medical Center on May 3, 2021.While you were admitted, an unacceptable practice and violation of our policy – by what appears to be a single nurse – might have occurred, which affected your medication,” the letter states and you should be tested for Hepatitis B,C and HIV.The letter, signed by Jamie Swift, Ballad Health’s Chief Infection Prevention Officer.