- ►annals.org [PDF] A Ciancio, P Manzini, F Castagno, S D'Antico … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Setting: 3 endoscopic units and 2 blood banks in northwestern Italy. Patients:
The potentially exposed cohort consisted of 9188 out- patients consecutively
recruited from 3 endoscopic units. Of 9008 patients negative for antibody ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - All 4 versions
- ►bu-eh.org [PDF] NN Mikhail, DL Lewis, N Omar, H Taha, A El … - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 2007 - Elsevier A high prevalence of hepatitis C (HCV) in the Egyptian Nile Delta increases the
demand for upper-GI endoscopy (UGIE) and the risk of cross-infection with this
virus. ... To assess the potential for UGIE to transmit HCV when ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 11 versions
A Mele, E Spada, L Sagliocca, P Ragni, ME … - Journal of hepatology, 2001 - Elsevier Results: Most procedures resulted in being associated with the risk of acquiring
acute HBV or HCV. The strongest associations were: for HBV infection, abdominal
surgery (adjusted OR=3.9; 95% confidence intervals (CI)=2.0–7.5), oral ... Cited by 73 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
GF Tallis, GM Ryan, SB Lambert, DS Bowden, … - Journal of Viral Hepatitis, 2003 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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JM Germain, A Carbonne, V Thiers, H Gros, S … - Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2005 - UChicago Press ABSTRACT A cluster of four patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in- fection was
identified in a surgery clinic. Molecular character- ization revealed close
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AM de Oliveira, KL White, DP Leschinsky, BD … - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Approximately 2.7 million persons in the United States have chronic
hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. Health care– associated HCV transmission
can occur if aseptic technique is not followed. The authors suspected a ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - All 13 versions
JC Desenclos, M Bourdiol-Razès, B Rolin, P … - Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 2001 - UChicago Press Page 1. Vol. 22 No. 11 I NFECTION C ONTROL AND H OSPITAL E PIDEMIOLOGY 701
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recognized parenteral risk factor suggesting that still-unidentified modes of
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recommend a double brushing procedure in order to remove all protein particles
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LM Lagging, C Åneman, N Nenonen, L Grip, G … - Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases, 2002 - informahealthcare.com Nosocomial spread of HCV and other blood-borne pathogens continues to occur in
the Western world despite the screening of blood products. Using molecular and
epidemiological methods we investigated an outbreak of HCV involving 3 ... Cited by 31 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
