Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover

Bram M.W. Diederen; Carlo Verhulst; Annemarie Van't Veen; Peter H.J. Van Keulen; Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans

doi:10.1086/508844

Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover

Bram M.W. Diederen^*
, Carlo Verhulst
, Annemarie Van't Veen
, Peter H.J. Van Keulen
, Jan A.J.W. Kluytmans

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1258-1260
Number of pages	3
Journal	Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Volume	27
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/508844
Publication status	Published - Nov 2006
Externally published	Yes

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Pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus infection associated with contamination of a semiautomatic cap remover

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