Journal article
Public Health Response to a Large‐scale Endoscopy Infection Control Lapse in a Nonhospital Clinic
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether transmission of blood-borne pathogens (BBPs) (hepatitis B virus [HBV], hepatitis C virus [HCV] and HIV) occurred as a result of endoscopy reprocessing failures identified during an inspection of a nonhospital endoscopy clinic in 2011.
METHODS: The present analysis was a retrospective cohort study. Registered notification letters were mailed to 6992 patients who underwent endoscopy from 2002 to 2011 at one …
Authors
Willmore J; Ellis E; Etches V; Labrecque L; Osiowy C; Andonov A; McDermaid C; Majury A; Achonu C; Maher M
Journal
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 77–84
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
January 2015
DOI
10.1155/2015/160536
ISSN
1712-9532