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Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus in a liver transplant center in Hong Kong: implication of reusable blood collection tube holder as the vehicle for transmission.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology - 1 Oct 2018
Cheng Vincent C C, Wong Shuk-Ching, Wong Sally C Y, Sridhar Siddharth, Yip Cyril C Y, Chen Jonathan H K, Fung James, Chiu Kelvin H Y, Ho Pak-Leung, Chen Sirong, Cheng Ben W C, Ho Chi-Lai, Lo Chung-Mau, Yuen Kwok-Yung
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BACKGROUND: A liver transplant recipient developed hospital-acquired symptomatic hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype 6a infection 14 months post transplant. OBJECTIVE: Standard outbreak investigation. METHODS: Patient chart review, interviews of patients and staff, observational study of patient care practices, environmental surveillance, blood collection simulation experiments, and phylogenetic study of HCV strains...
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