Transmission of hepatitis C virus during myocardial perfusion imaging in an outpatient clinic

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-132

  Moore, Zack S ^a   Schaefer, Melissa K ^b   Hoffmann, Karen K ^c   Thompson, Susan C ^a   Xia, Guo Liang ^b   Lin, Yulin ^b   Khudyakov, Yury ^b   Maillard, Jean Marie ^a   Engel, Jeffrey P ^a   Perz, Joseph F ^b   Patel, Priti R ^b   Thompson, Nicola D ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

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

^c North Carolina Statewide Program for Infection Control and Epidemiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DIARRHEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NAUSEA; NEEDLE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PHARMACY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SYRINGE; URINE COLOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, VIRAL; DRUG CONTAMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL PERFUSION IMAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SYRINGES;

EID: 79958815906     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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