Potential exposure to hepatitis C virus through accidental blood contact in interventional radiology

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2 I, 2003, Pages 173-179

  Baffoy Fayard, Nadège ^a   Maugat, Sylvie ^a   Sapoval, Marc ^b   Cluzel, Philippe ^c   Denys, Alban ^d   Sellier, Nicolas ^f   Desruennes, Eric ^g   Legmann, Paul ^e   Thibault, Vincent ^c   Brücker, Gilles ^a   Astagneau, Pascal ^a,h  

^a Inter regl Ctr Nosocom Infect C   (France)

^b HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Institut Cochin   (France)

^f HÔPITAL JEAN VERDIER   (France)

^g INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^h CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DES CORDELIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Catheters and catheterization; Hepatitis; Infections; Radiology and radiologists, iatrogenic injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOLOGIST; SAFETY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIREMIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037292073     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.RVI.0000058319.82956.b2     Document Type: Article

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