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Risk to Cancer Patients From Nosocomial Hepatitis C Virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Kent A. Sepkowitz
Kent A. Sepkowitz*
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
*
Hospital Infection Control, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021
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Abstract

Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus (HCV) among dialysis patients is a well-described phenomenon. In addition, spread of HCV in outpatient medical clinic settings has recently been reported. In the past decade, nosocomial spread of hepatitis C among hospitalized patients being treated for cancer has increasingly been reported. The cause or source of transmission is unknown. Infection control practitioners should be aware of this potential risk to oncology patients.

Type
Infections in Immunocompromised Patients
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , July 2004 , pp. 599 - 602
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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