(Carson City, NV) –  Governor Jim Gibbons and Department of Health and Human Services Director Mike Willden today directed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) be posted to the state’s Web site for easy access by citizens.

The CDC issued the report today. It details the center’s findings from its investigation into the Clark County hepatitis C outbreak. The report can be accessed on the DHHS Web site at http://health.nv.gov  <http://health.nv.gov/>.

The MMWR includes observations from CDC personnel during an onsite visit to the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada following the discovery of the hepatitis C infections. The report also links several of the acute hepatitis C infections to procedures performed at the Endoscopy Center.

“It’s essential that the public have access to this report,” Gibbons said. “It contains an accounting of what the CDC found during its inspections of this facility, and people need all the information available to ensure their safety.”

The CDC will release an additional, more detailed report to the State within the next few days. The CDC Trip Report details the epidemiologic findings of the agency surveyors, including a timeline for the events that led to the decision to send letters to more than 40,000 former Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada patients urging them to be tested for hepatitis B, C, and HIV.

The CDC Trip Report will also be added to the DHHS website when it is received by the State.