Large Outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus Associated With Drug Diversion by a Healthcare Technician
Author(s) -
Sharon AlroyPreis,
Elizabeth R. Daly,
Christine Adamski,
Jodie DionneOdom,
Elizabeth A. Talbot,
Fengxiang Gao,
Steffany J. Cavallo,
Katrina Hansen,
Jennifer C. Mahoney,
Erin Metcalf,
Carol Loring,
Christine Bean,
Jan Drobeniuc,
Guoliang Xia,
Saleem Kamili,
José T. Montero,
Sarah Krycki,
Karin Salome,
Darlene Morse,
Abigail Mathewson,
Patricia L. Jackson,
Maureen J. MacDonald,
Jill Drouin,
Pamela K. Hill,
Marylee Greaves,
Heather Barto,
Ken Dufault,
Kim Budde,
John Dreisig,
Benjamin P. Chan,
Tracy GreeneMontfort,
Natasha Khudyakov,
Gilberto Vaughan,
Joseph C. Forbi,
Sumathi Ramachandran,
Hong Thai,
Lilia GanovaRaeva,
Yuri Khudyakov,
Chong Gee Teo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciy193
Subject(s) - medicine , ns5b , technician , outbreak , infection control , hepatitis c virus , hepatitis c , virology , emergency medicine , surgery , hepacivirus , virus , electrical engineering , engineering
In May 2012, the New Hampshire (NH) Division of Public Health Services (DPHS) was notified of 4 persons with newly diagnosed hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection at hospital X. Initial investigation suggested a common link to the hospital cardiac catheterization laboratory (CCL) because the infected persons included 3 CCL patients and a CCL technician. NH DPHS initiated an investigation to determine the source and control the outbreak.
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