2006-11-01
Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover
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Publication
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 - Issue 11 p. 1258- 1260
A pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus caused by cross-contamination from a semiautomatic cap remover for blood collection tubes is reported. The source of the outbreak was elucidated by using basic epidemiological methods. Laboratories should always be critical about their results in order to identify contamination problems.
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doi.org/10.1086/508844, hdl.handle.net/1765/56232 | |
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology | |
Organisation | Department of Anesthesiology |
Diederen, B., Verhulst, C., van 't Veen, A., van Keulen, P., & Kluytmans, J. (2006). Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover. Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, 27(11), 1258–1260. doi:10.1086/508844 |