Five hepatitis B outbreaks in care homes in the UK associated with deficiencies in infection control practice in blood glucose monitoring

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 327-335

  Duffell, E F ^a,f   Milne, L M ^b   Seng, C ^c   Young, Y ^c   Xavier, S ^c   King, S ^d   Shukla, H ^c   Ijaz, S ^e   Ramsay, M ^e  

^a Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b West Hertfordshire Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d Avon   (United Kingdom)

^e National Infections Surveillance Centre   (United Kingdom)

^f Greater Manchester Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood specimen collection; disease outbreaks; hepatitis B epidemiology; hepatitis B transmission; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; BLOOD; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME;

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 79952479033     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810001007     Document Type: Article

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