Transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with assisted monitoring of blood glucose at an assisted living facility in New York State

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 726-731

  Schaffzin, Joshua K ^a   Southwick, Karen L ^a   Clement, Ernest J ^a   Konings, Franciscus ^a   Ganova Raeva, Lilia ^b   Xia, Guoliang ^b   Khudyakov, Yury ^b   Johnson, Geraldine S ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

Cross infection; Diabetes mellitus; Humans; Infection control; Long term care

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; HEPARIN; INSULIN; VIRUS DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; ASSISTED MONITORING OF BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INJECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHLEBOTOMY; RISK FACTOR; SEROLOGY; TUBERCULIN TEST; VACCINATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND CARE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; PHYLOGENY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867084236     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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