Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Prospective study of nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C in a Swedish gastroenterology unit .

Verbaan, Hans LU ; Molnegren, Vilma ; Pentmo, Inez ; Rubin, Lena LU and Widell, Anders LU (2008) In Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 29(1). p.83-85
Abstract
A prospective study of incident hepatitis C in 515 gastroenterology patients was conducted by follow-up sampling at 3-6 months after admission to the gastroenterology unit to test for antibodies to hepatitis C virus and for hepatitis C virus RNA. Universal precautions were implemented, and the use of multidose vials had been banned in this unit. Despite 5,964 exposure-days for several risk factors associated with nosocomial hepatitis C virus transmission, no incident case of hepatitis C occurred.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
in
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
volume
29
issue
1
pages
83 - 85
publisher
University of Chicago Press
external identifiers
  • pmid:18171195
  • wos:000252174900016
  • scopus:39449112777
  • pmid:18171195
ISSN
0899-823X
DOI
10.1086/524340
language
English
LU publication?
yes
additional info
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Clinical Microbiology, Malmö (013011000), Emergency medicine/Medicine/Surgery (013240200), Chronic Inflammatory and Degenerative Diseases Research Unit (013242530), Gastroenterology (013240600)
id
613912c8-a5bb-4864-a847-dd2c3ecd725b (old id 1021697)
alternative location
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18171195?dopt=Abstract
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 09:45:32
date last changed
2022-01-29 19:26:34
@article{613912c8-a5bb-4864-a847-dd2c3ecd725b,
  abstract     = {{A prospective study of incident hepatitis C in 515 gastroenterology patients was conducted by follow-up sampling at 3-6 months after admission to the gastroenterology unit to test for antibodies to hepatitis C virus and for hepatitis C virus RNA. Universal precautions were implemented, and the use of multidose vials had been banned in this unit. Despite 5,964 exposure-days for several risk factors associated with nosocomial hepatitis C virus transmission, no incident case of hepatitis C occurred.}},
  author       = {{Verbaan, Hans and Molnegren, Vilma and Pentmo, Inez and Rubin, Lena and Widell, Anders}},
  issn         = {{0899-823X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{83--85}},
  publisher    = {{University of Chicago Press}},
  series       = {{Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology}},
  title        = {{Prospective study of nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C in a Swedish gastroenterology unit .}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/524340}},
  doi          = {{10.1086/524340}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}