Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infections originating from a breach in safe injection practices before contrast-enhanced computed tomography scanning.
Cross-infections
Hepatitis C
Nosocomial transmission
Outbreak
Safe injection practices
Tomography
Journal
The Journal of hospital infection
ISSN: 1532-2939
Titre abrégé: J Hosp Infect
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8007166
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
Historique:
received:
08
01
2020
accepted:
26
05
2020
pubmed:
5
6
2020
medline:
2
7
2021
entrez:
5
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Four patients who underwent contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) scanning were infected with hepatitis C virus from a contaminated multi-dose vial of NaCl. The outbreak likely occurred due to a breach in safe injection practices, resulting in contamination of the vial. Not all patients exposed to the same vial were infected. The uneven distribution of infections could be attributed to a stochastic effect of a low infectious dose. This implies that outbreak investigations need to be extended to all patients scheduled before and after the first identified infected patient to confirm or rule out nosocomial transmission.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32497652
pii: S0195-6701(20)30281-4
doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2020.05.041
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Contrast Media
0
Hepatitis Antibodies
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
600-604Informations de copyright
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