Infection prevention and control lapse involving medical equipment reprocessing at a family medicine clinic in Ottawa, Ontario, 2018.

Conclusion: We found no evidence of HBV, HCV or HIV transmission associated with this IPAC lapse. However, transmission cannot be ruled out conclusively because only a third of possibly exposed patients underwent testing. PMID: 32167086 [PubMed]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32167086?dopt=Abstract

Source: Can Commun Dis Rep - February 5, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Cadieux G, Friedman DS, Tilley L, Mazzulli T, McDermaid C Tags: Can Commun Dis Rep Source Type: research