New York (CNN) A surgery center is warning more than 3,000 patients that they may have been exposed to bloodborne pathogens if they had a procedure at its ambulatory in Saddle Brook, New Jersey, between January and September 2018.

An investigation from the New Jersey Department of Health found that employees at the HealthPlus Surgery Center were not following sterilization procedures, and medical instruments were not being cleaned properly, potentially exposing patients to diseases transmitted through blood including hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.

HealthPlus surgery center in New Jersy has sent warning letters to patients who may be at risk of bloodborne infections

No infections have been traced back to the lapse in protocol and all affected patients were notified, according to the state health department.

"Although the risk of infection is low, out of an abundance of caution, HealthPlus and the New Jersey Department of Health recommend patients get blood tests for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV," Janelle Fleming, spokeswoman for the New Jersey Department of Health, told CNN Monday.

According to a press release, HealthPlus surgery center offers podiatry, orthopedics, pain management, and plastic surgery.

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