Multiple Clusters of Hepatitis Virus Infections Associated With Anesthesia for Outpatient Endoscopy Procedures

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Gutelius, Bruce ^a,b   Perz, Joseph F ^c   Parker, Monica M ^d   Hallack, Renee ^d   Stricof, Rachel ^e   Clement, Ernest J ^e   Lin, Yulin ^a   Xia, Guo Liang ^a   Punsalang, Amado ^b   Eramo, Antonella ^b   Layton, Marci ^b   Balter, Sharon ^b  

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

^b NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatitis; Infection Control; Outbreak

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; PROPOFOL; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SYRINGE; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77953904186     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.03.053     Document Type: Article

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