Reusable blood collection tube holders are implicated in nosocomial hepatitis C virus transmission
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
.
2019 Feb;40(2):252-253.
doi: 10.1017/ice.2018.314.
Authors
Vincent C C Cheng
1
,
Shuk-Ching Wong
2
,
Sally C Y Wong
1
,
Siddharth Sridhar
3
,
Cyril C Y Yip
1
,
Jonathan H K Chen
1
,
James Fung
4
,
Kelvin H Y Chiu
1
,
Pak-Leung Ho
3
,
Sirong Chen
5
,
Ben W C Cheng
5
,
Chi-Lai Ho
5
,
Chung-Mau Lo
6
,
Kwok-Yung Yuen
3
Affiliations
1
1Department of Microbiology,Queen Mary Hospital,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
2
2Infection Control Team, Queen Mary Hospital,Hong Kong West Cluster,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
3
3Department of Microbiology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
4
4Department of Medicine,Queen Mary Hospital,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
5
5Department of Nuclear Medicine & Positron Emission Tomography,Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
6
6Department of Surgery, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,The University of Hong Kong,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,China.
PMID:
30698137
DOI:
10.1017/ice.2018.314
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment
MeSH terms
Cross Infection*
Hepacivirus
Hepatitis B*
Hong Kong
Humans
Liver Transplantation*