Hepatitis B and Hemodialysis: The Impact of Universal Precautions in Preventing the Transmission of Bloodborne Viruses

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 508-510

  Kroes, Aloys C M ^a,b   Van Bommel, Eric F H ^a   Kluytmans, Jan A J W ^a   Weimar, Willem ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; NETHERLANDS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

ADULT; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; RENAL DIALYSIS; UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS;

EID: 0032109890     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141401     Document Type: Article

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