What are the costs and benefits of patient notification exercises following poor infection control practices in dentistry?

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1021-1027

  Close, R M ^a   Gray, S ^b   Bennett, S ^b   Appleby, S ^c   Khan, F ^a   Payne, C ^d   Oliver, I ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Dorset and Somerset Health Protection Unit   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BBV; Blood borne viruses; Economic evaluation; Look back; Notification exercise

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BLOOD BORNE VIRUS; BLOOD DONOR; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTISTRY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARENTAL NOTIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TOOTH EXTRACTION; TOOTH INFECTION; VIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BLACK BEETLE VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 84888307545     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.04.029     Document Type: Article

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