Hepatitis C virus transmission in hemodialysis units: Importance of infection control practices and aseptic technique

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 900-903

  Thompson, Nicola D ^a,c   Novak, Ryan T ^a   Datta, Deblina ^a   Cotter, Susanne ^a   Arduino, Matthew J ^b   Patel, Priti R ^b   Williams, Ian T ^a   Bialek, Stephanie R ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR PREPAREDNESS DETECTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; RISK FACTOR; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ASEPSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MARYLAND; OHIO; RENAL DIALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; VIRGINIA; WISCONSIN;

EID: 70349172979     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605472     Document Type: Article

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