Autoclaving eliminates hepatitis C virus from a hemodialysis monitor contaminated artificially

Journal of Medical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 139-143

  Barril, Guillermina ^a   Bartolomé, Javier ^b   Traver, Juan A ^a   Cabrerizo, María ^b   Selgas, Rafael ^a   Carreño, Vicente ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^b Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autoclaving; Dialysis circuit; Hemodialysis; Hepatitis C virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CONTAMINATION; DEVICE; DIALYSIS MEMBRANE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; VIRUS INTERFERENCE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CROSS INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; RENAL DIALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; STERILIZATION;

DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 0033986665     PISSN: 01466615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9071(200002)60:2<139::AID-JMV6>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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