TY - JOUR
T1 - Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover
AU - Diederen, Bram M.W.
AU - Verhulst, Carlo
AU - Van't Veen, Annemarie
AU - Van Keulen, Peter H.J.
AU - Kluytmans, Jan A.J.W.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - A pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus caused by cross-contamination from a semiautomatic cap remover for blood collection tubes is reported. The source of the outbreak was elucidated by using basic epidemiological methods. Laboratories should always be critical about their results in order to identify contamination problems.
AB - A pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus caused by cross-contamination from a semiautomatic cap remover for blood collection tubes is reported. The source of the outbreak was elucidated by using basic epidemiological methods. Laboratories should always be critical about their results in order to identify contamination problems.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33751324410&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1086/508844
DO - 10.1086/508844
M3 - Article
C2 - 17080388
AN - SCOPUS:33751324410
SN - 0899-823X
VL - 27
SP - 1258
EP - 1260
JO - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
JF - Infection control and hospital epidemiology
IS - 11
ER -