The risk of HCV RNA contamination in serology screening instruments with a fixed needle for sample transfer

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 172-173

  Rondahl, Elin ^a   Gruber, Maria ^a   Joelsson, Sandra ^a   Sundqvist, Martin ^b   Åkerlind, Britt ^a,c   Cardell, Kristina ^a   Lindh, Magnus ^d   Serrander, Lena ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Division for Infection Control and Prevention   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Contamination; HCV; Screening

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY SCREENING; ARTICLE; CROSS CONTAMINATION; FIXED NEEDLE; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLE; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA ANALYSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SERODIAGNOSIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; GENETICS; HEPACIVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL DEVICE CONTAMINATION; PROCEDURES;

CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA, VIRAL;

EID: 84900332850     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: 18735967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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