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Patient‐to‐Patient Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Through the Use of Multidose Vials During General Anesthesia
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A cluster of four patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was identified in a surgery clinic. Molecular characterization revealed close homology between viruses. This cluster was related to unsafe injection practices through multidose vials and reused materials. Among 796 patients potentially exposed to and screened for HCV, no other cluster was identified.
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- Patient‐to‐Patient Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Through the Use of Multidose Vials During General Anesthesia
- Jeanne‐Marie Germain , MD, Anne Carbonne , MD, Valérie Thiers , PhD, Hélène Gros , MD, Sylvie Chastan , MD, Elisabeth Bouvet , MD and Pascal Astagneau , MD, PhD
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 26, No. 9 (September 2005) (pp. 789-792)
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Drs. Germain, Carbonne, Gros, Bouvet, and Astagneau are from the Regional Coordinating Center for Nosocomial Infections Control; and Dr. Thiers is from the National Reference Center for Viral Hepatitis B & C, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France. Dr. Chastan is from the Departmental Direction of Sanitary and Social Affairs of Eure, Evreux, France. Dr. Astagneau is also from the Department of Public Health, Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France.Address reprint requests to Dr. Anne Carbonne, C. CLIN Paris‐Nord, Institut Biomédical des Cordeliers (Esc. J), 15, rue de l’Ecole de Médecine, 75006 Paris, France. acarbonn@bhdc.jussieu.fr
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