By Rachel Fields - Becker's Healthcare

A former manager and surgical technician who worked at a San Diego surgery center has filed a new whistleblower lawsuit against the owners of the surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN campaign, according to a SCPR report.

The latest whistleblower lawsuit, filed against weight loss surgery center owners Julian and Michael Omidi, alleges that a series of surgeries in 2011 may have exposed patients to a potential hepatitis C infection. The suit alleges the clinic's sole machine used to sterilize surgical instruments malfunctioned last Dec. 30, when eight patients underwent surgery there. One of the patients allegedly carried the hepatitis C virus, according to the lawsuit.

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