"Never events": Hepatitis B outbreaks and patient notifications resulting from unsafe practices during assisted monitoring of blood glucose, 2009-2010

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1396-1402

  Thompson, Nicola D ^a   Schaefer, Melissa K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Blood glucose monitoring; Hepatitis B; Infection; Patient safety; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEPATITIS B; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HEPATITIS B; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84862687195     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229681100500611     Document Type: Article

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