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the
Spotlight
November
29,
2007
COTT
/
NHF
/
HFA
Open
Letter
on
Safety
An
Open
Letter
to
the
Manufacturers
of
Clotting
Factor
Products
and
the
Government
Agencies
who
Regulate
Them:
Individuals
affected
by
bleeding
disorders
depend
on
the
availability
of
safe
and
efficacious
clotting
factor
concentrates
for
their
very
lives.
In
the
1980s,
the
community
was
ravaged
by
the
proliferation
of
HIV/AIDS
and
HCV
tainted
plasma
derivatives.
Many
lessons
were
learned
during
that
period
about
the
importance
of
vigilance,
and
today
we
are
fortunate
to
have
an
adequate
supply
of
safe
products,
both
recombinant
and
plasma-derived.
However,
recent
events
have
created
the
perception
that
vigilance
has
started
to
wane.
Committee
of
Ten
Thousand
July
17,
2008
The
New
York
Times-
Problems
Persist
With
Red
Cross
Blood
Services
For
15
years,
the
American
Red
Cross
has
been
under
a
federal
court
order
to
improve
the
way
it
collects
and
processes
blood.
Yet,
despite
$21
million
in
fines
since
2003
and
repeated
promises
to
follow
procedures
intended
to
ensure
the
safety
of
the
nation’s
blood
supply,
it
continues
to
fall
short....Various
records
of
F.D.A.
inspections...
highlight
poor
follow-up,
including
falsified
records..."We
have
never
truly
moved
away
from
independence
to
national,
central
standards,”
said
J.
Chris
Hrouda,
executive
vice
president
and
a
20-year
veteran
of
the
Red
Cross’s
biomedical
services,
as
the
blood
operations
are
known.
Non-Drug
Related
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
(HCV)
1977-2008
Table
Highlights: |
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Oct.
2008
The
hazards
of
blood
transfusion
in
historical
perspective-
Harvey
J.
Alter1,*,
and
Harvey
G.
Klein1,*
...over
the
course
of
almost
3
decades...
Retrospective
testing
showed
that
only
25%
of
TAH
was
hepatitis
B–related...
75%
of
cases
tentatively
classified
as
non-B
hepatitis
...
In
1975,
...NIH
discovered
the
hepatitis
A
virus
(HAV),
and
we
immediately
tested
stored
sera
from
our
non-B
hepatitis
cases.
Surprisingly,
not
a
single
case
was
due
to
HAV,
the
only
other
known
hepatitis
virus
at
that
time.
Hence,
the
origin
of
the
designation
"non-A,
non-B
hepatitis,"9 |
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January
2008
WHO
>
Programmes
and
projects
>
Epidemic
and
Pandemic
Alert
and
Response
(EPR)
>
Diseases
covered
by
EPR
>
Hepatitis
...
the
only
means
of
protection
are
the
implementation
universal
precautions
and
safe
injection
practices.
Read
more |
October
2006
75%
of
College
Students
Report
Risk
Factors
for
Hepatitis
C
College
undergraduates
in
the
United
States
do
not
recognize
the
magnitude
of
their
risk
behaviors
for
contracting
Hepatitis
C,
according
to a
survey
conducted
at a
large
midwestern
university.
Researchers
found
that
75
percent
of
undergraduates
in
this
study
had
a
potential
Hepatitis
C
risk
factor,
from
tattoos
to
sharing
body
jewelry.
Results
of
this
study
were
presented
at
the
71st
Annual
Scientific
Meeting
of
the
American
College
of
Gastroenterology
in
Las
Vegas.
| July 03, 2008 News & Star News Number of teenagers being treated for hepatitis has quadrupled By Steph Johnson- The number of teenagers being sent out of county to be treated for Hepatitis B and C has more than quadrupled over the last year... Since 2005, there has been a 28 per cent increase in Hepatitis C diagnosis for adults |
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2004
Study:
Analysis
of a
hepatitis
C
screening
for
US
Veterans
Dept.
of
Preventive
Medicine,
HSC
Level
3,
Rm.
086,
SUNY
at
Stony
Brook,
School
of
Medicine,
Stony
Brook,
NY
11794-8036,
USA.
In
the
multivariate
model
developed...
service
during
the
Vietnam
era,
tattoo,
and
a
history
of
abnormal
liver
function
tests
were
independent
predictors
of
HCV
infection.
Our
data
support
considering
a
more
targeted
screening
approach
that
includes
five
of
the
11
risk
factors. |
|
September
2001
Don't
Reuse
Single-Use
Medication
Vials
-Source:
Healthcare
Hazard
Management
Monitor
-Improper
medication
practices
in
15
patients
in a
hemodialysis
center
over
a
five-week
period
were
associated
with
inappropriate
use
of
single-use
medication
vials...often
pooled
residual
medications
to
avoid
waste...The
U.S.
Food
and
Drug
Administration,
in
conjunction
with
the
drug
manufacturer,
issued
an
advisory
to
hemodialysis
centers... |
|
October
1999
Safety
and
availability
of
immunoglobulin
replacement
therapy
in
relation
to
potentially
transmissable
agents
Clinical
&
Experimental
Immunology
Volume
118
Issue
s1
Page
29 -
...
However,
the
role
of
partitioning
of
viruses
...amount
of
recoverable
HCV-RNA
in
the
various
Cohn
fractions
changed
dramatically
...As
Cohn–Oncley
fractionation
is
not
sufficient
to
remove
lipid-coated
viruses,
additional
antiviral
inactivation
steps
are
required.
More
info |
|
September
1999,
Sterilants
and
Disinfectants
Applied
and
Environmental
Microbiology,
p.
4255-4260,
Vol.
65,
No.
90099-2240/99/$04.00+0
Bacterial
Spores
Survive
Treatment
with
Commercial
Sterilants
and
Disinfectants
Hepatitis
C
Survives
Treatment
with
Commercial
Sterilants
and
Disinfectants
|
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12/23/1996
Partially
Manufactured
Pastes
Withdrawn
Due
to
the
Possibility
of
the
Transmission
of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease
(CJD)
(multiple
manufacturers)
-
More
HCV
related
glue
documents |
|
Variations
on
length
of
time
to
continue
testing
for
HCV
after
exposure.
The
Hepatitis
Report
By
Michael
Marco-Natural
History,
Clinical
Manifestations,
and
Prognostic
Indicators
of
Disease
Progression
and
Survival
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
(HCV)
Infection-Approximately
20%
of
newly
individuals
have
symptoms
that
arise
before
the
seroconversion
to
anti-HCV
occurs
(antibody-positive)
(Koretz
1993).
The
average
time
from
exposure
to
seroconversion
is
approximately
50
days,
although
it
can
be
as
long
as
nine
months
(Tremolada
1991;
MJ
Alter
1992).
|
 Home
»
Physicians
&
Hospitals
»
Hepatitis
C
Lookback-
Seroconversion...
Because
the
maximum
("window")
period
before
seroconversion
is
12
months,
recipients
of
donations
up
to
12
months
before
the
most
recent
negative
screening
test
will
be
notified.
|
May
16,
2008
/
57(19);513-517
Acute
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Infections
Attributed
to
Unsafe
Injection
Practices
at
an
Endoscopy
Clinic
---
Nevada,
2007
typical
incubation
period
of
15--160
days.
(Mmmm...
Also,
note
the
requirements
for
those
tested...in
the
absence
of
acute
hepatitis
A
virus
(HAV);
and
3)
did
not
have
other
risks
for
HCV
infection.)
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5719a2.htm?s_cid=mm5719a2_e
|
Non-Drug
Related
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
(HCV)
2006-2009
The
information
relays
to
the
reader
the
importance
of
addressing
methods
specific
for
HCV
Transmission.
Currently,
IV
drug
use
and
related
behaviors
are
cornerstone
for
the
Centers
of
Disease
Control
strategy
plan
to
control
HCV.
Legally,
HIV
grants
for
education
and
prevention,
require
only
HIV
transmission
methods
be
addressed.
Table
Highlights: |
May
15,
2008
New
York
State
HCV
Patient
safety
bill
would
publicize
doctors'
names
Newsday.com
BY
RIDGELY
OCHS
Gov.
David
A.
Paterson
introduced
...give
the
state
more
authority
in
health
investigations
and,
for
the
first
time,
make
public
names
of
doctors
under
scrutiny...require
every
medical
student
to
complete
infection
control
training
and
show
proof
of
it...how
to
prevent
hepatitis
C
transmission,
not
just
hepatitis
B
and
HIV...
restricting
the
use
of
multiuse
medicine
vials
and
requiring
the
use
of
"disposable
medical
equipment"
engineered
for
single
use. |
|
Vaccine.
2008
Mar
4;26(10):1344-52.
Epub
2008
Jan
18.
Preventing
contamination
between
injections
with
multiple-use
nozzle
needle-free
injectors:
a
safety
trial.-
The
study
ended
early
because
the
protector
cap
needle-free
injector
(PCNFI)
failed
to
prevent
contamination
in
the
first
batch
tested
(8.2%
failure
rate).
|
|
February
7,
2007
Prostate
biopsy
between
1989
and
2003
FDA
News
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
P07-14
Media
Inquiries:
FDA
Press
Office,
301-827-6242
Consumer
Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA-
Custom
Ultrasonics
Signs
Consent
Decree-
Company
agrees
to
stop
manufacturing
devices
that
wash
and
disinfect
endoscopes
until
it
corrects
problems...
|
|
June
19,
2006
Prostate
biopsy
between
1989
and
2003
FDA
Public
Health
Notification:
Reprocessing
of
Reusable
Ultrasound
Transducer
Assemblies
Used
for
Biopsy
Procedures |
|
June
2,
2006
MILWAUKEE
-
More
than
22,000
veterans
who
underwent
prostate
biopsies
at
veterans'
hospitals
across
the
country
are
being
warned
that
improperly
sterilized
equipment
may
have
exposed
them
to
deadly
viruses...inadequacies
with
the
biopsy
cleaning
procedure
at
21
medical
centers
in
18
states,
plus
Puerto
Rico. |
|
November
2006
Journal
of
Viral
Hepatitis
13(11):
775-782.
15
independent
risk
factors
for
HCV
By
Liz
Highleyman
a
significant
proportion
of
hepatitis
C
patients
(20%-40%)
have
no
identified
route
of
transmission.
In
conclusion,
the
authors
wrote,
...
our
data
incriminate
previously
unidentified
risk
factors
(abortions,
some
dermatological
procedures,
outpatient
injections,
contact
sports,
beauty
treatments,
professional
pedicure/manicure)
and
confirm
those
already
recognized
hospitalization,
digestive
endoscopy,
acupuncture... |
|
March
2005
Journal
of
Clinical
Gastroenterology
Association
Between
Smallpox
Vaccination
and
Hepatitis
C
Antibody
Positive
Serology
in
Pakistani
Volunteers.
These
results
suggest
that
the
widespread
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
infection...may
be
an
unintended
consequence
of
the
country's
smallpox
vaccination
program...
|
|
2004
55th
Annual
Meeting
of
the
American
Association
for
the
Study
of
Liver
Diseases-
David
Bernstein,
MD-
Hepatitis
C --
Current
State
of
the
Art
and
Future
Directions
CME-
-
Prevalence
and
Natural
History-
Trends
in
Hepatitis
C
Prevalence
in
the
United
States
-
...One
of
the
major
shortcomings
of
this
study
(NHANES
III
survey)
is
that
it reports
on
the
prevalence
of
the
hepatitis
C
antibody,
which
may
indicate
previous
exposure
or
active
disease.
This
study
does
not
report
on
disease
prevalence,
as
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
infection
is
defined
by
the
presence
of
hepatitis
C
viral
RNA
in
serum.
Only
148
of
the
15,079
participants
had
serum
available
for
hepatitis
C
viral
RNA
testing,
making
any
statements
regarding
disease
prevalence,
and
not
potential
exposure
to
the
disease,
invalid. |
|
2009 |
3/31/
Manhattan
MD
loses
license
in
hepatitis
probe
The
Associated
Press
NEW
YORK
(AP)
- A
Manhattan
anesthesiologist
has
lost
his
medical
license
after
state
officials
said
his
sloppy
injection
techniques
infected
at
least
11
patients
with
hepatitis. |
|
|
March
27,
Kerry
urges
probe
of
unsanitary
conditions
at
VA-
Senator
John
F.
Kerry
this
afternoon
urged
the
inspector
general
at
the
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
to
investigate
sanitation
standards
at
VA
hospitals,
following
reports
this
week
that
facilities
in
Florida
and
Tennessee
rinsed,
but
did
not
disinfect
equipment
used
in
colonoscopies.
As
many
as
9,000
patients
may
have
had
invasive
procedures
with
contaminated
equipment,
potentially
exposing
them
to
infectious
diseases
including
hepatitis. |
Mar
26,
2009
VA
mum
extent
of
equipment
contamination
By
Bill
Poovey
-
The
Associated
Press
CHATTANOOGA,
Tenn.
—
Thousands
of
military
veterans
across
the
South
are
waiting
to
find
out
if
they
were
exposed
to
infectious
diseases
by
government
clinics
that
performed
colonoscopies
and
other
procedures
with
equipment
that
wasn’t
properly
sterilized.,,Veterans
Affairs
officials
won’t
say
if
mistakes
that
may
have
exposed
patients
to
infections
at
medical
centers
in
Tennessee
and
Florida
and
a
clinic
in
Georgia
have
been
discovered
elsewhere. |
|
Mar
23,
2009
Vets
had
colonoscopies
with
unsterile
equipment
-By
Matt
Sedensky
-
The
Associated
Press
MIAMI
—
Officials
say
more
than
3,000
patients
at a
Veterans
Affairs
hospital
in
Miami
had
colonoscopies
with
equipment
that
wasn’t
properly
sterilized. |
March
19-
FDA
ALERT
-
The
FDA
is
issuing
this
alert
to
remind
healthcare
providers
and
patients
that
insulin
pens
and
insulin
cartridges*
...are
never
to
be
shared
among
patients.
Sharing
of
insulin
pens
may
result
in
transmission
of
hepatitis
viruses,
HIV,
or
other
blood-borne
pathogens.
The
FDA
has
received
information
that
insulin
pens
may
have
been
shared
among
numerous
patients
(two
thousand
or
more)
in
one
hospital
in
the
United
States
from
2007-2009
|
|
March
6
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Transmission
at
an
Outpatient
Hemodialysis
Unit
---
New
York,
2001--2008
-...
negative
to
anti-HCV
positive
in a
New
York
City
hemodialysis
unit
Supervisory
staff
members
failed
to
address
these
breaches.
Many
of
the
direct
care
staff
members
were
unaware
of
...unit's
written
infection
control
policies,
including
those
pertaining
to
cleaning
and
disinfection.
Investigators
also
noted
the
lack
of a
separate
clean
area
for...
has
8%
risk
factor
|
March
5
Columbia
County
Medical
Center
In
Hot
Water
State
of
Georgia
officials
are
taking
a
look
at a
local
medical
center.
Workers
there
may
not
have
followed
proper
cleaning
procedures,
which
may
have
placed
hundreds
of
patients
in
danger.
|
|
March
4,
2009
Columbia
County
Medical
Center
In
Hot
Water
By
Fraendy
Clervaud
WJBF
News
Channel
6
Reporter
Published:
Evans,
GA
officials..
look
at a
local
medical
center.
Workers...
not
have
followed
proper
cleaning
procedures.
..1,300
patients
of
Evans
Surgery
Center..
received
this
letter.
..concerns
over
the
sterilization
process
of
endoscopes. |
3/4/09
Wash.
state
senators
push
for
official
piercing
regulations
Eric
Gordon
Issue:
Despite
the
sordid
past
of
the
state
of
Washington's
health
regulations
in
tattoo
and
piercing
parlors,
native
legislators
and
members
of
the
industry
soon
hope
to
see
a
change. |
|
Feb
26-
Elementary
students
get
tested
after
sharing
needle-
they
all
pricked
their
fingers
with
the
same
lancet,
a
device
that's
commonly
used
by
diabetics
to
draw
blood. |
Feb
17-
Blood
transfusion
fears
after
haemophiliac
contracts
vCJD
for
the
...Daily
Mail
-
UK'Since
the
risk
of
vCJD
transmission
through
blood
was
first
considered,
...
which
saw
almost
5000
people
infected
with
hepatitis
C... |
|
Feb
15
Neighborhood
Healthcare
Clinics:
Hepatitis
C
can
happen
to
anyone
North
County
Times
-
Escondido,CA,USA
About
20
to
25
percent
of
people
with
hepatitis
C
have
no
risk
factors,
so
there
may
be
other
ways
of
transmission
we
don't
know
about
yet.
... |
Feb
14
Army
Times
-
News
-Tenn.
VA
clinic
warns
of
infection
risk
-
Army
News,
opinions
...VA
officials
also
said
a
problem
was
found
with
equipment
at
an
ear,
nose
and
throat
clinic
at
the
VA
medical
center
in
Augusta,
Ga.,
and
1800
veterans
have
been
notified
they
may
have
been
exposed
to
infection
there.
...
He
was
awaiting
results
|
|
Feb
5,
2009
Army
medical
center
gave
flawed
insulin
shots-
The
Associated
Press..
Last
week’s
discovery
that
injection
pens
...used
on
multiple
diabetics..El
Paso
medical
center
contacting
patients
who
may
be
infected,
William
Beaumont...The
warning
covers
WBMAC
patients
who
received
insulin
injections
between
August
2007
and
January
2009....18
months
of
potentially
incorrect
use....
Army-wide
review
found
the
same
pen
model
was
used
in
nine
facilities.
Officials
said
it
also
may
have
been
used
incorrectly
at
Fort
Polk’s
Bayne-Jones
Army
Community
Hospital
in
Louisiana,
where
15
or
fewer
patients
were
potentially
affected. |
|
|
Jan.
15
Manhattan
Dialysis
Center
Notifies
Patients
Of
Possible
Exposure
...
eMaxHealth.com
-
Hickory,NC,USA-
The
transmission
was
identified
after
routine
testing
conducted
by
the
facility
identified
a
patient
who
became
infected
with
hepatitis
C
while
receiving
...
Follow
up
story
here
http://forums.delphiforums.com/march_on_dc/messages?msg=5066.1 |
6
January
2009
CDC
REVIEW
Nonhospital
Health
are–Associated
Hepatitis
B
and
C
Virus
Transmission:
United
States,
1998–2008
...hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
from
health
care
exposures
has
been
considered
uncommon.
However,
a
review
of
outbreak
information
revealed
33
outbreaks
in
nonhospital
health
care
settings
in
the
past
decade:
12
in
outpatient
clinics,
6 in
hemodialysis
centers,
and
15
in
long-term
care
facilities,
resulting
in
448
persons
acquiring...
the
putative
mechanism
of
infection
was
patient-to-patient
transmission
through
failure
of
health
care
personnel
to
adhere
to
fundamental
principles
of
infection
control
and
aseptic
technique
(for
example,
reuse
of
syringes
or
lancing
devices)...recognized
outbreaks
indicate
a
wider
and
growing
problem
as
health
care
is
increasingly
provided
in
outpatient
settings
in
which
infection
control
training
and
oversight
may
be
inadequate.
|
|
2008 |
|
Dec.
2008
Unhygienic
barbershops
pose
health
hazard
Saudi
Gazette
-
Riyadh,Saudi
Arabia
“Blood
caused
by
nicks
and
cuts
on a
pilgrim’s
head
is a
fertile
environment
for
the
transmission
of
viruses,
such
as
Hepatitis
B
and
C
and
HIV
which
causes
. |
|
Nov
2008
Slight
fall
in
caesareans
at
top
hospital
Irish
Independent
-
Dublin,
Ireland-
The
majority
of
pregnant
women
diagnosed
with
Hepatitis
C or
syphilis
in
the
Dublin
city
hospital
last
year
were
unaware
of
the
infection
until
they
had
... |
Nov
2008
Health
Professionals
At
Risk
Of
Bloodborne
Viruses
eMaxHealth.com
-
Hickory,
NC,
USA
78%
of
those
who
had
been
put
at
risk
of
hepatitis
C
may
not
have
been
followed
up
adequately,
potentially
leaving
some
cases
of
hepatitis
C
undiagnosed
... |
|
Nov
24,
2008
Healthcare
&
Waste
Disposal
Workers:
Don't
Get
Stuck!
MarketWatch
-
USA
These
accidental
exposures
can
have
serious
consequences,
from
the
spread...hepatitis
C... |
Nov
2008
9
Diseases
You
Can
Get
at
the
Salon
By
Cathy
Harris
(Cathy
Harris)
The
CDC
has
not
published
any
reports
of
the
transmission
of
either
hepatitis
B or
C
transmission
to
or
from
salon
workers
to
date.
Healthcare
101
-
|
|
Nov
2008
Needles
Place
Nurses
At
Risk
StaffNurse.com
- UK
Needlestick
injuries
place
nurses
at
risk
from
infections
such
as
HIV
and
hepatitis
C -
and
as
many
as a
third
of
nurses
reported
being
frightened
this
had
... |
Nov
2008
Patient
Safety
With
Injectables
Medscape
-
USA
...
heparin
used
to
flush
IV
catheters),
and
unsafe
injection
practices
resulting
in
disease
transmission
of
hepatitis
C
and
bacterial
infections.
... |
|
Nov.
20,
2008
WRHA
says
17
people
exposed
to
HIV,
hepatitis
risk
Winnipeg
Sun
-
Canada
The
exposure
risk
of
infections
possibly
including
hepatitis
B
and
C
occurred
between
May
2007
and
last
month
during
the
nurse's
work
with
a
finger-stick
... |
Nov.
19,
2008
Working
in
health
care
can
be
risky,
study
hints
Reuters
-
USA
But
for
women,
only
death
from
hepatitis
C
was
more
frequent
in
health
care
workers
... |
|
Nov.
19,
2008
FDA
nixes
state
appeal
to
ban
multi-dose
vials
Newsday
-
Long
Island,
NY,
USA
Attorneys
for
Susan
Lewis
of
North
Massapequa,
who
claimed
the
department's
tardy
notification
delayed
treatment
of
her
hepatitis
C,
said
they
will
appeal. |
|
Nov.
18,
2008
Liver,
thyroid
cancer
rates
increasing
in
Canada:
report
CBC.ca
-
Toronto,Ontario,Canada
...
it
is
estimated
that
about
22
per
cent
of
primary
liver
cancers
are
attributable
to
hepatitis
B
infection
and
60
per
cent
to
hepatitis
C
infection, |
Nov.
15,
2008
Woman
who
got
HIV
organ
suing
Chicago
Sun-Times
-
United
States
BY
KARA
SPAK
Staff
Reporter
A
33-year-old
woman
who
tested
positive
for
HIV
and
Hepatitis
C
after
receiving
an
infected
kidney
during
an
organ
transplant
at
... |
|
Nov.
1,
2008
ScienceDaily
Old
Blood'
Linked
To
Infection
—
Blood
stored
for
29
days
or
more,
nearly
2
weeks
less
than
the
current
standard
for
blood
storage,
is
associated
with
a
higher
infection
rate
in
patients
who
received
transfusions
with
the
blood...
“The
results
of
this
study
raise
questions
about
current
blood
storage
standards
and
transfusion
practices
and
suggest
additional
research
is
needed
in
these
areas,”
said
James
A.
L.
Mathers,
Jr.,
MD,
FCCP,
President
of
the
American
College
of
Chest
Physicians. |
Oct.
28,
2008
New
Report
Finds
Rising
Risk
of
Infectious
Diseases
in
America
MarketWatch
-
USA...
An
estimated
3.2
million
Americans
have
hepatitis
C
infections,
costing
the
country
an
estimated
$15
billion
annually
in
health
care
costs;
|
|
Oct.
28,
2008
Syringe
reuse
a
widespread
problem:
U.S.
expert
Jodie
Sinnema,
edmontonjournal.com
EDMONTON
-
Syringe
reuse
is a
larger
problem
than
once
thought...
"Injection
safety
was
often
thought
of
as a
developing
world
problem
and
we
kind
of
took
it
for
granted
in
the
U.S.
and
other
developed
countries,"
said
Joseph
Perz,
who
works
at
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
in
Atlanta.
"But
as a
result
of
accumulating
evidence
from
outbreaks
and
surveys,
we
are
taking
a
firmer
stand
on
the
need
for
education
and
firmer
standards." |
October
28,
2008
Officials
start
to
notify
Alberta
patients
to
get
tested
in
dirty
syringe
scare-
HIGH
PRAIRIE,
Alta.
-
Health
officials
in
northern
Alberta
began
notifying
patients
Tuesday
to
come
in
for
blood
tests
while
community
leaders
tried
to
calm
nervous
and
angry
residents
in a
dirty-syringe
scare
that
may
affect
up
to
2,700
people..."There's
a
lot
of
panic,
a
lot
of
confusion,
people
trying
to
find
out
who
needs
what
tests
where... |
|
10-11-2008
Medical
staff
contract
HIV
via
unsafe
occupational
practices
Viet
Nam
News
-
Hanoi,
Vietnam-
According
to a
survey
...
more
than
100
health
workers
have
been
infected
by
HIV
due
to
occupational
accidents
since
the
beginning
of
the
year...The
HCM
City
Hospital
for
Tropical
Disease’s
Department
of
Infection
Control
receives
more
than
40
HIV-infected
patients
a
day. |
Oct.
2008
The
hazards
of
blood
transfusion
in
historical
perspective-
Harvey
J.
Alter1,*,
and
Harvey
G.
Klein1,*
...over
the
course
of
almost
3
decades...
Retrospective
testing
showed
that
only
25%
of
TAH
was
hepatitis
B–related...
75%
of
cases
tentatively
classified
as
non-B
hepatitis
...
In
1975,
...NIH
discovered
the
hepatitis
A
virus
(HAV),
and
we
immediately
tested
stored
sera
from
our
non-B
hepatitis
cases.
Surprisingly,
not
a
single
case
was
due
to
HAV,
the
only
other
known
hepatitis
virus
at
that
time.
Hence,
the
origin
of
the
designation
"non-A,
non-B
hepatitis,"9 |
|
October
09,
2008
Hepatitis
C
Transmission
from
Botox
and
Other
Spa
Treatments-
by
Nicole
Cutler,
L.Ac.
Since
medical
spas
are
offering
more
treatments
involving
the
use
of
needles,
sometimes
without
the
supervision
of a
medical
physician
or
properly
sterilized
equipment,
the
potential
for
Hepatitis
C
transmission
is
rising...
Hepatitis
Transmission
Dangers-
As
the
number
of
people
realizing
they
have
the
Hepatitis
C
virus
continues
to
rise,
so
does
the
concern
of
how
they
were
infected
in
the
first
place.
...
The
unregulated,
burgeoning
medical
spa
industry
could
be
one
of
the
culprits
of
mysterious
Hepatitis
C
transmission
cases. |
Oct 2008 IHC patient infects worker- By MARTY SHARPE- An IHC organisation is being prosecuted after one of its workers suffered acute organ failure and needed a liver transplant after contracting hepatitis B from a patient...believed she was immune because she had been vaccinated in 1999 at the company's expense.
|
|
Oct
6,
2008
At
least
600
people
have
been
tested
for
hepatitis
C in
Scotland
and
Robeson-
NC-
By
Jennifer
Calhoun-Staff
writer-
LAURINBURG
- At
least
600
people
have
been
tested
for
hepatitis
C
following
an
outbreak
linked
to a
doctor's
office
...stemmed
from
unsafe
medical
practices
associated
with
a
nuclear
stress
test...While
the
unsafe
medical
practices
have
not
been
identified,
on
Aug.
28
the
North
Carolina
Medical
Board
ordered
Block
to
cease
performing
invasive
procedures
at
his
office.
In
August,
the
state
Division
of
Public
Health
sent
letters
to
1,200
patients
|
September
2008
Clinical
Infectious
Diseases;47:627–633
Volume
47,
Number
5 -
Clinical
Infectious
Diseases
;47:627–633-
Determinant
Roles
of
Environmental
Contamination
and
Noncompliance
with
Standard
Precautions
in
the
Risk
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Transmission
in a
Hemodialysis
Unit-
Nosocomial
transmission
is
the
second
most
frequent
cause
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection...
Blood-contaminated
surfaces
may
be a
source
of
HCV
cross-transmission
in a
hemodialysis
unit.
Strict
compliance
with
hand
hygiene
and
glove
use
and
strict
organization
of
care
procedures
are
needed
to
reduce
the
risk
of
HCV
cross-transmission
among
patients
undergoing
hemodialysis. |
|
Sep
17,
2008
Patient
Contracts
Hepatitis-C
From
Dialysis
Center
NYC
Clinic
Shut
Down,
Nearly
700
Urged
To
Get
Tested
For
Hepatitis,
HIV;
Blood
Found
On
Chairs,
Machines
NEW
YORK
(CBS)
― An
Upper
West
Side
dialysis
center
was
shut
down
by
the
state
Health
Department
and
hundreds
of
patients
were
urged
to
be
tested
after
at
least
one
patient
contracted
hepatitis
C
from
treatment
at
the
center.
|
Ink
back
flowing
at
tattoo
parlour-Piercing
services
still
on
hold-Posted
By
RAYMOND
BOWE-An
Alcona
tattoo
parlour
was
given
a
clean
bill
of
health
yesterday
to
resume
inking
area
residents.
The
Simcoe
Muskoka
District
Health
Unit
issued
a
public
warning
last
month
after
clients
at
Adam
&
Eve
Tanning,
Tattooing
and
Piercing
were
potentially
exposed
to
non-sterile
equipment...Sterilization
was
the
issue.
"The
autoclave
had
failed |
|
Sep
12,
2008
Report
on
HIV
incidence
in
the
U.S.-
By
CDC-Subpopulation
Estimates
from
the
HIV
Incidence
Surveillance
System
---
United
States,
2006-CDC
has
created
an
HIV
incidence
surveillance
system...The
ability
to
distinguish
recent
from
long-standing
HIV
infection
...first
U.S.
estimates
of
HIV
incidence
based
on a
biologic
marker
of
recent
infection...disease
continues
to
affect
the
MSM
population
more
than
any
other
in
the
United
States...however,
using
new
diagnoses
as a
proxy
for
incidence
is
complicated
by
numerous
factors...the
22
states
account
for
73%
of
all
AIDS
diagnoses...not
be
nationally
representative. |
2008
67
hepatitis
B
patients
sue
the
state
http://www.japantimes.co.jp
Kyodo
News
Damages
suits
were
filed
Wednesday
by
67
hepatitis
B
patients,
or
the
next
of
kin
of
deceased
patients,
in
district
courts
in
Sapporo,
Tokyo,
Osaka,
Hiroshima,
Tottori
and
Fukuoka,
with
the
plaintiffs
blaming
the
infections
on
childhood
vaccinations
in
which
the
same
syringes
were
used
repeatedly.
The
plaintiffs
are
seeking
a
combined
¥2.5
billion
in
compensation
from
the
state,
which
they
claim
was
aware
as
long
ago
as
1948
that
continuous
use
of
the
same
syringes
could
lead
to
infection
but
neglected
to
take
preventive
measures.
|
|
Sep.
2
2008
NC
clinic
probed
in
small
hepatitis
C
outbreak
-RALEIGH,
N.C.
-
State
health
officials
are
investigating
...
seven
patients
to
test
positive
for
hepatitis
C.
Officials
are
contacting
1,200
patients
who
underwent
cardiac
stress
tests
within
the
last
14
months...
The
cardiac
stress
test
involves
injecting
a
dye
into
a
patient's
vein
as
stress
levels
in
the
patient's
body
are
increased.
Devlin
said
officials
believe
patients
transmitted
hepatitis
C to
other
patients
because
they
had
the
same
strain.
See
more
on
HCV
by
stress
test |
September
1,
2008
issue
of
Clinical
Infectious
Diseases
HCV
May
Be
Transmitted
via
Blood-contaminated
Surfaces
By
Liz
Highleyman
"Nosocomial"
transmission
in
healthcare
settings
is
the
second
most
common
route
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
transmission,
after
shared
use
of
needles
and
other
drug
injection
equipment.
It
is
well
known
that
HCV
may
be
transmitted
via
accidental
needle-sticks,
but
contact
with
the
virus
on
contaminated
surfaces
in
healthcare
facilities
may
also
play
a
role.
|
|
Aug-27
Adam
and
Eve
clients
asked
to
contact
health
unit-
The
Simcoe
Muskoka
District
Health
Unit
is
asking
all
clients
who
received
tattooing
or
piercing
services
at
the
Adam
and
Eve
Tattooing
and
Piercing
in
Innisfil
between
April
29
and
Aug.
21
to
call
the
health
unit,
as
part
of
an
investigation
into
potential
exposure
to
non-sterile
equipment.
|
08/08
Discarded
needles
pose
low
infection
risk
for
youths
AAP
News
(subscription)
-
USA
Results
showed
no
seroconversions
for
HBV,
hepatitis
C
virus
or
HIV
six
months
after
injury.
The
authors
concluded
that
it
is
reasonable
to
offer
. |
|
Aug.
27
2008
Newest
disease-spreading
fear:
Handcuffs
MONTREAL,
(UPI)
-- A
Canadian
company
warned
a
national
police
conference
in
Montreal
that
dirty
handcuffs
can
transmit
herpes,
HIV,
influenza
and
hepatitis
B.
...l
conference
of
the
Canadian
Association
of
Chiefs
of
Police
...
Cleaner
company...
markets
a
device
and
chemicals
that
disinfect
handcuffs..."If
you
go
around
...any
police
officer
how
often
they
clean
their
cuffs,
they'll
probably
say
never,"
...
found
viruses
and
bacteria
along
with
dried
blood
and
skin
particles
in
the
hinges...dangerous
for
the
next
person
to
be
cuffed
but
for
the
officers...The
cleaning
device
creates
ultra-high
frequency
sound
waves. |
08/27/08
Clovis
patients
possibly
exposed
to
hepatitis,
HIV-Some
instruments
used
last
week
may
not
have
been
fully
sterilized.
By
Barbara
Anderson
/
The
Fresno
Bee
Fourteen
Clovis
Community
Medical
Center
patients
--
some
of
whom
were
on
the
maternity
ward
--
may
have
been
exposed
to
hepatitis
and
HIV
last
week
when
doctors
used
instruments
that
may
not
have
been
fully
sterilized.
|
|
August
17,
2008
DIRTY
DOC
A
ONE-MAN
HEP-IDEMIC
By
SUSAN
EDELMAN-
A
sloppy
city
anesthesiologist
infected
14
patients
with
hepatitis
B
and
C -
and
probably
spread
the
liver-attacking
viruses
to
at
least
10
more...Dr.
Brian
Goldweber
used
the
same
syringe
to
give
patients
already
infected
with
hepatitis
a
second
dose
from
anesthesia
vials.
This
"double
dipping"
contaminated
the
contents,
which
he
then
injected
into
other
patients
-
spreading
the
virus,
a
city
Health
Department
probe
found.
|
August
17,
2008
Another
View:
Yolo's
needle
exchange
program
flawed-
Matt
Rexroad
-
http://www.sacbee.com/110/story/1161242.html
Your
recent
praise
of
Yolo
County
(CA)
is
appropriate,
but
not
for
our
needle
"exchange"
program...we
were
provided
with
some
startling
figures...More
than
61,000
needles
were
passed
out
to
about
150
people
...
more
than
400
needles
per
participant.
Shockingly,
11,253
of
those
needles
were
not
returned. |
|
Aug
1,
2008
CDC
Updates
Guidance
for
Bloodborne
Pathogens
After
Mass-Casualty
Events...
These
observations
support
the
potential
for
explosions
to
result
in
transmission
of
infections
among
persons
injured
during
the
event
and
indicate
that
emergency
responders
and
health-care
providers
in
the
United
States
need
uniform
guidance
on
prophylactic
interventions
appropriate
for
persons
injured
in
bombings
and
other
events
resulting
in
mass
casualties. |
|
|
August
1,
2008
PEDIATRICS
Vol.
122
No.
2
August
2008,
pp.
e487-e492
Pediatric
Injuries
From
Needles
Discarded
in
the
Community:
Epidemiology
and
Risk
of
Seroconversion-
...anxiety
exists
concerning
the
perceived
risk
of
transmission
of
bloodborne
viruses
after
community-acquired
needlestick
injuries...At
6
months,
189
were
tested
for
HIV,
167
for
hepatitis
B
virus,
and
159
for
hepatitis
C
virus.
There
were... |
July
25,
2008
HCV-Infected
Pregnant
Women
May
Have
Worse
Neonatal
and
Maternal
Outcomes
CME
News
Author:
Laurie
Barclay,
MD
CME
Author:
Désirée
Lie,
MD,
MSEd
-Hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)–positive
pregnant
women
appear
to
be
at
risk
for
adverse
neonatal
and
maternal
outcomes...a
population-based
birth
cohort
study
reported
in...
American
Journal
of
Obstetrics
&
Gynecology..."HCV-positive
pregnant
women
appear
to
be
at
risk
...
indicating
that
routine
HCV
screening
in
pregnant
women
may
need
to
be
reconsidered... |
|
July
25,
2008
Brac
Cosmetology
Workshop
Held-
The
Department
of
Environmental
Health
(DEH)
conducted
a
workshop
on
Cayman
Brac
for
employees
in
the
cosmetology
industry.
This
includes
all
hairdressers,
barbers,
and
other
cosmetologists...
Most
cosmetologists
and
barbers
use
low
lever
grade
disinfectants
which
may
not
kill
all
the
micro-organisms.
To
be
really
safe,
it
is
suggested
that
customers
bring
their
own
instruments.
|
July
21,
2008
HBV
and
HCV
infection
in
Japanese
dental
care
workers
www.newsrx.com-
Current
study
results
from
the
report,
'HBV
and
HCV
infection
in
Japanese
dental
care
workers,'
have
been
published.
"Protective
measures
against
occupational
exposure
to
the
hepatitis
B
virus
(HBV)
and
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
must
be
taken
in
order
to
prevent
infection
in
dental
care
workers.
To
determine
the
best
way
to
protect
these
workers,
our
study
examined
viral
hepatitis
infection
in
dental
care
workers
in
regions
with
a
high
prevalence
of
HCV
infections
in
Japan,"
scientists
in
Kurume,
Japan
report. |
|
Jul-20
2008
CDC,
Premier
Healthcare
Alliance
Work
to
Eliminate
Occupational
Needlestick
Injuries
CHARLOTTE,
N.C.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--More
than
385,000
needlestick
and
other
sharps-related
injuries
are
sustained
annually
by
hospital-based
healthcare
personnel..."For
more
than
three
decades,
the
CDC
has
been
involved
in
activities
related
to
sharps
injury
prevention,
including
analysis
of
injuries,
surveillance
and
data
reporting,
safety
device
analysis,
prevention
research,
and
education
and
training,"
said
Dr.
Denise
Cardo,
director
of
the
CDC's
Division
of
Healthcare
Quality
Promotion. |
|
|
7/19/2008
Oklahomans
join
lawsuit
against
biomedical
firm
By
The
Associated
Press
OKLAHOMA
CITY
--
At
least
a
dozen
Oklahomans
have
joined
a
lawsuit
against
a
New
Jersey
biomedical
company
they
allege
sold
tissue
from
dead
bodies
without
permission
or
proper
medical
screening.
|
July
17,
2008
The
New
York
Times-
Problems
Persist
With
Red
Cross
Blood
Services
For
15
years,
the
American
Red
Cross
has
been
under
a
federal
court
order
to
improve
the
way
it
collects
and
processes
blood.
Yet,
despite
$21
million
in
fines
since
2003
and
repeated
promises
to
follow
procedures
intended
to
ensure
the
safety
of
the
nation’s
blood
supply,
it
continues
to
fall
short....Various
records
of
F.D.A.
inspections...
highlight
poor
follow-up,
including
falsified
records. |
|
Jul
14,
2008
Govt
names
1,825
hospitals
on
tainted
coagulant
fears
The
Yomiuri
Shimbun-
The
Health,
Labor
and
Welfare
Ministry
announced
Tuesday
the
names
and
addresses
of
1,825
medical
institutions
that
might
have
administered
blood
coagulation
factor
VIII
and
IX
products
to
patients
that
are
not
hemophiliacs...
people
becoming
infected
with
the
hepatitis
C
virus
through
the
administration
of
tainted
blood
products...
this
time
including
heated
blood
products
in
its
investigation. |
July
03,
2008
News
&
Star
News
Number
of
teenagers
being
treated
for
hepatitis
has
quadrupled
By
Steph
Johnson-
The
number
of
teenagers
being
sent
out
of
county
to
be
treated
for
Hepatitis
B
and
C
has
more
than
quadrupled
over
the
last
year...
Since
2005,
there
has
been
a
28
per
cent
increase
in
Hepatitis
C
diagnosis
for
adults
|
|
June
20,
2008
aidsmap.com
Michael
Carter-
HIV
and
hepatitis
coinfection
in
Africa:
,,,studies
provide
conflicting
prevalence
data...
None
of
the
hepatitis
C
cases
observed
in
Africans
were
attributed
to
injecting
drug
use.
Instead,
the
investigators
suggested
that
“exposure
to
contaminated
blood
transfusions,
medical
equipment
or
needle-stick
injuries
in
healthcare
settings,
including
traditional
healers
could
be
responsible.” |
June
19,
2008
World
Science
staff-
Faked
research
data
surprisingly
common,
survey
suggests-
Scientific
misconduct,
notably
including
falsification
of
data,
may
be
far
more
common
than
suspected,
according
to
the
authors
of a
new
survey
of
more
than
2,000
scientists. |
|
June
18,
2008
CDC
Early
Release-
False-Positive
Oral
Fluid
Rapid
HIV
Tests
---
New
York
City,
2005--2008-
The
cause
for
the
episodic
increases
in
false-positive
oral
fluid
tests
has
not
yet
been
determined.
NYC
DOHMH
has
again
suspended
the
use
of
oral
fluid
testing
in
STD
clinics,
and
finger-stick
whole-blood
testing
is
the
only
rapid
HIV
test
being
used
in
this
setting.
These
findings
underscore
the
importance
of
confirming
all
reactive
HIV
tests,
both
from
oral
fluid
and
whole-blood
specimens |
June
13,
2008
Health
risks
of
piercings
-
Piercings
are
three
times
more
common
in
women-
“One
in
four
body
piercings
goes
wrong”,
reports
The
Independent
today.
The
newspaper
goes
on
to
say
that
body
piercings,
which
have
become
“an
essential
fashion
accessory”,
carry
significant
risks,
according
to
the
first
study
to
examine
complications
arising
from
this
body
art. |
|
Jun.
12,
2008
Retesting
of
blood
samples
finds
risk
of
spreading
HIV,
hepatitis
B,
hepatitis
C,
and
syphilis
through
transfusions
and
medical
malpractice-
After
rescreening
samples
from
7500
donors,
the
results
showed
a
clear
and
present
danger
that
blood
contaminated
with
HIV,
hepatitis
B,
hepatitis
C
and
syphilis
may
be
entering
into
the
countries'
blood
supply.
The
findings
are
reported
in
"Blood
Services
in
Central
Asian
Health
Systems:
A
Clear
and
Present
Danger
of
Spreading
HIV/AIDS
and
Other
Infectious
Diseases,"
...in
collaboration
with
US
CDC
and
WHO-EURO... |
Selected
EPA-registered
Disinfectants.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(EPA),
(2008,
June
30).
Includes
lists
of
EPA
registered
anti-microbial
products
to
assist
in
choosing
the
appropriate
decontaminant. |
|
Jun.
7,
2008
Mortality
Due
to
Hepatitis
C in
the
U.S.:
Has
the
Worst
Passed?
By
Liz
Highleyman
...Based
on
these
findings,
the
researchers
suggested
that
previous
forecasts
projecting
that
HCV
mortality
would
continue
to
increase
well
into
the
second
decade
of
the
current
century
might
be
incorrect.
|
Jun.
1,
2008
Hiroshima
hospital
admits
reusing
blood
meters
The
Yomiuri
Shimbun-...Needle-equipped
blood
meters
were
reused
in
taking
blood
samples
from
1,434
people...
"...
Although
the
hospital
changed
needles
after
every
use,
the
area
around
the
needle
was
not
changed
and
was
reused
after
alcohol
sterilization...
As
the
hospital
had
reused
the
instruments
for
a
long
time
before
the
notification,"
|
|
May
29,
2008
ScienceDaily-
Diabetes
Doubles
Liver
Cancer
Risk
For
Patients
With
Advanced
Hepatitis
C-
Patients
who
have
chronic
hepatitis
C
with
advanced
fibrosis
have
twice
the
risk
of
developing
liver
cancer
if
they
also
have
diabetes. |
May
27
2008-
J
Infect
Dis.
-Hepatitis
C
Virus
(HCV)-
Specific
Immune
Responses
of
Long-Term
Injection
Drug
Users
Frequently
Exposed
to
HCV.
Injection
drug
users
(IDUs)
who
successfully
clear
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
have
a
reduced
risk
of
developing
chronic
reinfection,
despite
their
continuing
exposure
to
the
virus. |
|
2008-05-23
Frequency
distribution
of
hepatitis
C
virus
genotypes
in
different
geographical
regions
of
Pakistan
and
their
possible
routes
of
transmission-
Author:
Muhammad
Idrees
and
Sheikh
Riazuddin
Credits/Source:
BMC
Infectious
Diseases
2008,
8:69...
specific
objective
of
this
study
was
to
find
out
the
frequency
of
various
HCV
genotypes
present
in
well-characterized
Pakistani
HCV
isolates
and
their
possible
routes
of
contamination...
More
than
70%
of
the
cases
were
acquired
in
hospitals
through
reuse
of
needles/syringes
and
major/minor
surgery
that
is
very
common
in
this
country. |
May
16,
2008
/
57(19);513-517
Acute
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Infections
Attributed
to
Unsafe
Injection
Practices
at
an
Endoscopy
Clinic
---
Nevada,
2007
MMWR-
CDC-
Inappropriate
reuse
of
syringes
on
individual
persons
and
use
of
medication
vials
intended
for
single-person
use
on
multiple
persons
was
identified
through
direct
observation
of
infection-control
practices
at
clinic
|
|
05/16/2008
CDC:
Syringe
reuse
linked
to
hepatitis
C
outbreak
By
SCOTT
SONNER
Associated
Press
Writer
RENO,
Nev.—A
hepatitis
C
outbreak
was
caused
by
workers
improperly
reusing
syringes
and
medicine
vials
at a
Las
Vegas
clinic,
federal
health
officials
said
Friday...Since
1999,
the
CDC
counts
14
hepatitis
outbreaks
in
the
U.S.
linked
to
bad
injection
practices |
05/15/2008
Hepatitis
cases
prompt
federal
recommendations
By
BRENDAN
RILEY
Associated
Press-
They're
among
about
400
former
patients
of
the
center
who
tested
positive.
Officials
have
determined
the
other
patients
could
have
contracted
the
virus
through
other
means,
including
intravenous
drug
use,
blood
transfusions,
organ
transplants
or
kidney
dialysis,
receiving
blood
clotting
agents
before
1987,
or
sexual
contact
with
a
person
with
hepatitis
C.
|
May
15,
2008
New
York
State
HCV
Patient
safety
bill
would
publicize
doctors'
names
Newsday.com
BY
RIDGELY
OCHS
Gov.
David
A.
Paterson
introduced
...give
the
state
more
authority
in
health
investigations
and,
for
the
first
time,
make
public
names
of
doctors
under
scrutiny.
The
bill
follows
the
case
of
Dr.
Harvey
Finkelstein...require
every
medical
student
to
complete
infection
control
training
and
show
proof
of
it...how
to
prevent
hepatitis
C
transmission,
not
just
hepatitis
B
and
HIV...Commissions
a
study
on
the
viability
of
restricting
the
use
of
multiuse
medicine
vials
and
requiring
the
use
of
"disposable
medical
equipment"
engineered
for
single
use. |
May-13-2008
OAK
BROOK,
Ill.
American
Society
for
Gastrointestinal
Endoscopy
Contact:
Anne
Brownsey
abrownsey@asge.org
630-570-5635
...updated
infection
control
guidelines...
an
endoscopy-related
infection
might
occur
...measures
to
prevent
such
infection,
including
endoscope
reprocessing,
antibiotic
prophylaxis,
and
protection
of
endoscopy
personnel....The
single
best
protection
against
patient-to-patient
transmission...is
stringent
reprocessing
of
endoscopes
after
use,
with
careful
adherence
to
the
“Multi-Society
Guidelines
for
Reprocessing
Flexible
Gastrointestinal
Endoscopes”
issued
in
2003.
...personnel
may
facilitate
transmission
...
if
they
fail
to
carefully
adhere
to
general
infection
control
principles.
...appropriate
aseptic
techniques
and
safe
injection
practices
...
reuse
of
syringes
and
the
use
of
contaminated
multiple
dose
drug
vials
have
been
linked
....
Such
practices
should
be
avoided,
and
single
use
drug
vials
are
recommended.
|
May 8, 2008 77 WorldNow and KLAS More Hepatitis C Cases Identified Melissa Duran, Reporter...Since the unsafe practices were discovered, the health district has confirmed 8 cases ... looks into whether 77 more cases are linked ...Since the scare began, about 200 people every day have tested positive for hepatitis C. Each of those people are interviewed and surveyed by the health district to determine... contracted hepatitis from the Endoscopy Center.
|
Possible
reuse
of
insulin
pen
prompts
medical
scare
BY
RIDGELY
OCHS
|
ridgely.ochs@newsday.com
Nassau
University
Medical
Center,
concerned
about
possible
reuse
of
insulin
pens
in
more
than
one
patient,
said
Wednesday
it
will
be
sending
letters
to
up
to
185
diabetes
patients,
urging
them
to
be
tested
for
hepatitis
C,
hepatitis
B
and
HIV.
The
East
Meadow
hospital... |
May.
02,
2008
Las
Vegas
Review-Journal-
Quality
consultants,
clinic,
drugmaker
sued
in
outbreak
"They
gave
them
the
Good
Housekeeping
seal
of
approval,
and
off
they
went,"
said
lawyer
Will
Kemp,
who
represents
Brunson...
filed
lawsuits
Thursday
against
the..
company
that
inspected
the
clinic
and
the
makers
of
the
anesthesia
used
during
medical
procedures.
Nevada
Health
District
has
connected
to
unsafe
injection
practices
at
the
Endoscopy
Center
of
Southern
Nevada,
|
April
29,
2008
Doctor
tied
to
hepatitis
cases
settles
lawsuit
BY
MICHAEL
AMON
Michael.amon@newsday.com
...Dr.
Harvey
Finkelstein,
the
Dix
Hills
physician
...put
thousands
of
patients
at
risk
by
reusing
syringes...
infected
in
Finkelstein's
office.
...used
a
syringe
multiple
times...contaminating
multidose
medicine
vials...
the
source
of
injections...More
|
Apr
24,
2008
Officials
say
10,000
more
at
risk
in
hepatitis
outbreak
The
Associated
Press
...another
10,000
people...exposed
to
hepatitis
C at
an
outpatient
medical
clinic
in
Las
Vegas...
brings
to
50,000
..might
have
been
infected
..
through
the
Endoscopy
Center
of
Nevada. |
4-23-08
Contaminated
blood
inquiry
launched
An
independent
public
inquiry
is
to
be
carried
out
to
discover
why
people
were
infected
...
through
contaminated
blood...
were
given
contaminated
blood
in
the
1970s
and
1980s...calling
for
an
inquiry
into
how
this
happened
for
more
than
15
years. |
Apr
23,
2008
High
Hep
C
infection
among
immigrants
in
New
York...
Intramuscular
injections,
and
blood
transfusions
were
the
only
variables
that
were
significantly
associated
with
Hepatitis
C
virus
infection..."These
infections
resulted
from
inadequately
sterilized
medical
equipment
and
blood
transfusions."
|
Apr
8,
2008
Sun
editorial:
Local
action
not
enough
Congress
should
find
out
why
clinics
have
ignored
warnings
about
syringe
reuse...
transmission
of
the
disease
through
unsafe
injection
practices
was
well-known..“It
is
entirely
unacceptable
and
extremely
dangerous
to
reuse
...
syringes
on
multiple
patients,”
a
medical
doctor
wrote
in
the
newsletter. |
|
Apr
4
2008
Source:
Tallahassee.com
[edited]
The
Florida
Department
of
Health
is
waiting
on
the
results
of
lab
tests
to
determine
what
caused
an
outbreak
...could
be
the
use
of a
single
dose
medication
vial
for
multiple
patients. |
Apr-2-2008
Vegas
Health
Agency
Reports
Big
Rise
in
Positive
Hepatitis
Tests
(AP)
-
Health
officials
are
reporting
a
threefold
increase
in
positive
tests
...typically
fields
20
to
40
positive
hepatitis
C
reports
a
day,
but
has
been
getting
up
to
150,
officials
said
|
April
07,
2008
Medical
News:
ESRD
NKF:
HCV
Outbreaks
at
Dialysis
Units
Linked
to
Outmoded
Infection
Control
By
Charles
Bankhead,
MedPage
Today
Reviewed
by
Zalman
S.
Agus,
MD;
Emeritus
Professor
University
of
Pennsylvania
School
of
Medicine.
"we're
finding
that
outbreaks
continue
to
occur
despite
the
recommendations
for
enhanced
infection
control."
|
March
28,
2008
lansing.injuryboard.com
Dr.
Robert
Stokes
Used
Unsanitary
Procedures
And
Exposed
Patients
To
Infection...a
Grand
Rapids
dermatologist...
also
reused
medical
equipment,
such
as
scalpels,
syringes,
and
sutures,
among
others,
without
properly
sanitizing
the
equipment...
used
a
sanitizing
solution
to
try
and
clean
the
medical
equipment,
this
only
decreased,
but
did
not
eliminate,
the
chance
of
disease
transmission.
Initially,
nearly
5,000...were
notified...increased
to
over
13,000.
Of
those
13,000,
at
least
12
have
been
diagnosed
with
Hepatitis
C. |
|
March
26,
2008-
Blood
tests
suggested
in
hepatitis
scare
NEWPORT
NEWS,
Va.
- A
Virginia
hospital
has
asked
more
than
300
former
patients
to
come
in
for
blood
tests
because
a
nurse
suspected
of
infecting
patients
with
hepatitis
in
Texas
worked
there
last
year.
|
Vaccine.
2008
Mar
4;26(10):1344-52.
Epub
2008
Jan
18.
Preventing
contamination
between
injections
with
multiple-use
nozzle
needle-free
injectors:
a
safety
trial.-
The
study
ended
early
because
the
protector
cap
needle-free
injector
(PCNFI)
failed
to
prevent
contamination
in
the
first
batch
tested
(8.2%
failure
rate).
|
|
Mar
25
2008
Dramatic
Rise
In
Hepatitis
C-Related
Deaths
In
The
United
States
With
Greatest
Risk
To
Middle-Aged
Patients:
-
Hepatitis
C-related
deaths
in
the
United
States
increased
by
123
percent
from
1995
through
2004,
the
most
recent
year
for
which
data
are
available.
Mortality
rates
peaked
in
2002,
then
declined
slightly
overall,
while
continuing
to
rise
among
people
55
to
64
years
old.
These
findings
appear
in
the
April
issue
of
Hepatology,
a
journal
of
the
American
Association
for
the
Study
of
Liver
Diseases
(AASLD). |
March
25,
2008
Emotions
erupt
at
public
hearing
Reno
Gazette
Journal
- By
ANJEANETTE
DAMON...Evelyn
McKnight..."Sadly,
today,
we
hold
our
restaurants
to
higher
standards
than
our
doctors
offices,"
she
said.
"People
ask
me
what
they
should
do
to
protect
themselves..."I
tell
them
to
demand...one
needle,
one
syringe
...one
vial...
It's
that
simple.
|
|
April
2008;
"Changing
Trends
in
Hepatitis
C-Related
Mortality
in
the
United
States,
1995-2004.
"Hepatology;
10.
1002/hep.
22165
;
Dramatic
Rise
In
Hepatitis
C-Related
Deaths
In
The
United
States
With
Greatest
Risk
To
Middle-Aged
Patients-
Hepatitis
C-related
deaths
in
the
United
States
increased
by
123
percent
from
1995
through
2004...The
most
dramatic
age-specific
increases
were
observed
among
45
to
54
year
olds
...
376
percent,
and
55
to
64
year
olds
...
188
percent. |
|
|
March
26,
2008
BY
DELTHIA
RICKS
|
delthia.ricks@newsday.com
Hepatitis
C
cases
expected
to
soar
in a
decade
...
New
York
is
in
the
vanguard
of a
rising
epidemic
expected
to
peak
in
2015
when
cases
of
the
infection
will
increase
fourfold
nationwide,
driving
a
528
percent
jump
in
the
need
for
liver
transplants
and
a
223
percent
leap
in
the
liver-related
death
rate,
experts
underscored
yesterday. |
Mar
22,
2008
Indian
clinics
uncover
high
rate
of
hepatitis
C
By
DIANE
COCHRAN
Of
The
Gazette
Staff-
An
epidemiological
study
conducted
at
two
Indian
Health
Service
clinics
in
Montana
uncovered
a
hepatitis
C
infection
rate
that
is
six
times
higher
than
is
found
in
the
general
population...6
percent
hepatitis
C
infection
rate
among
women
who
went
to
the
clinics
for
prenatal
care. |
|
Mar
20,
2008
Digestion-
Medical
Author-
Q&A
by
Dr.
Marks-
Is
it
correct
that
the
hepatitis
C
virus
cannot
survive
for
more
than
two
hours
outside
the
human
body?
In
blood--inside
or
out
of
the
body--the
virus
can
live
for
weeks,
months,
and
even
years
|
Mar
18,
2008
Hepatitis
likely
did
not
stay
in
Vegas
By
Helen
Altonn
haltonn@starbulletin.com
Anyone
who
was
treated
at
the
Endoscopy
Center
between
March
2004
and
January
should
be
tested
..
says
a
Hawaii
infectious
disease
specialist...
Dr.
Alan
Tice,
expressing
concern...
investigation
...
hepatitis
C
cases
were
traced
to
the
clinic,
which
had
been
reusing
syringes
and
vials
of
medicine
for
about
four
years. |
|
Mar
16,
2008-
By
Ashley
Powers,
Los
Angeles
Times
Staff
Writer
March
2008
Governor
Gibbons
Fires
Head
Of
The
State
Licensing
Bureau
This
came
after
investigators
found
staff
at
the
Shadow
Lane
office
reused
syringes
on
patients,
putting
thousands
at
risk
for
viruses.
|
Mar
2008
Am J
Infect
Control.;36(2):123-8.
Variation
in
interpretation
and
counselling
of
blood
exposure
incidents
by
different
medical
practitioners.
"The
assessment
of
blood
exposures
significantly
differs
depending
on
the
medical
background
of
the
counsellor
handling
the
incident,
leading
to
remarkable
inconsistencies
in
the
response
to
prevent
the
transmission
of
bloodborne
pathogens
" |
|
3/15/2008
RENO
GAZETTE-JOURNAL
ANJEANETTE
DAMON
Gov.
Gibbons
lashes
out
at
news
media...Reacts
to
health
clinic
scare
...
blamed
the
media
for
hysteria
surrounding
the
recent
health
clinic
scare
and
defended
the
endoscopy
center
responsible
for...
hepatitis
C
through
unsafe
syringe
use...State
health
inspectors
conducting
a
statewide
inspection
blitz
of
Nevada’s
50
surgical
centers
in
the
wake
of
the
Las
Vegas
case
have
found
similar
unsafe
procedures
at
half
a
dozen
other
clinics.
|
March
9,
2008
Nurse
accused
of
infecting
Army
patients
with
Hepatitis
C-
EL
PASO
(AP)
-
Federal
officials
said
today
that
a
former
Army
hospital
employee
is
accused
of
infecting
at
least
three
patients
with
Hepatitis
C. |
|
nMarch
08,
2007
Can
Saliva
Transmit
Hepatitis
C?
Measuring
only
about
50
nanometers
in
diameter,
Hepatitis
C is
an
extremely
small
virus.
A
nanometer
is
one
billionth
of a
meter;
200,000
Hepatitis
C
viruses
placed
end
to
end
would
only
measure
a
single
centimeter.
Smaller
than
the
wavelength
of
visible
light,
viral
particles
have
no
color.
In
those
who
are
infected,
Hepatitis
C
may
produce
approximately
one
trillion
new
viral
particles
every
day.
|
Mar
6,
2008
MILWAUKEE
New
owners
take
Barbicide
out
of
the
barbershop-
'Are
you
blue?'
is a
fair
question
that
anybody
should
ask
when
they
go
into
those
facilities,"
Murphy
said.....What
is
your
disinfection
in
your
salon?
|
|
March
5
2008
Govt
to
probe
fibrin-linked
infections
The
Yomiuri
Shimbun-
A
private
hospital...
found
that
64
of
628
patients
it
treated
with
fibrin
glue,
a
surgical
adhesive
linked
to
the
transmission
of
the
hepatitis
C
virus,
became
infected
with
the
disease... |
March.
3,
2008
Hepatitis
scare
in
Vegas
may
be
‘tip
of
iceberg’
CDC
head
says
outbreak
may
represent
safety
problems
in
other
U.S.
clinics
WASHINGTON
- An
outbreak
of
hepatitis
C at
a
Nevada
clinic
may
represent
“the
tip
of
an
iceberg”
of
safety
problems
at
clinics
around
the
country,
according
to
the
head
of
the
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention. |
|
2008
Mar
Am J
Infect
Control.
;36(2):123-8.
Variation
in
interpretation
and
counselling
of
blood
exposure
incidents
by
different
medical
practitioners.
Department
of
Medical
Microbiology
and
Infection
Control,
BACKGROUND:
Blood
exposure
incidents
pose
a
risk
for
transmission...
Despite
several
national
and
international
guidelines,
counsellors
have
often
different
opinions
about
the
risks
caused
by
these
incidents.
Little
is
known
about
the
consequences
of
these
variations
in
risk
assessment...
remarkable
inconsistencies
in
the
response
to
prevent
the
transmission
of
bloodborne
pathogens
|
February,
2008
Committee
of
Ten
Thousand
Vol.
10
No.
2
COTT
JUDICIARY
Supreme
Court
Protects
Medical
Device
Manufacturers-
...allowed
FDA
approval
of
medical
devices
to
be
sufficient
grounds
to
block
efforts
to
sue
their
manufacturers...
Rep.
Henry
Waxman
(D-CA)
said
“The
Supreme
Court’s
decision
strips
consumers
of
rights
they’ve
had
for
decades.
This
isn’t
what
Congress
intended,
and
we’ll
pass
legislation
as
quickly
as
possible
to
fix
this
nonsensical
situation.” |
|
Feb.
27,
2008
The
Southern
Nevada
Health
District..40,000
patients
of a
Las
Vegas
Endoscopy
Clinic
...at
risk
..for
Hepatitis
C
and
other
diseases.
...
large-scale
patient
notification
that
was
just
announced
moments
ago.
The
joint
investigation
identified
the
re-use
of
syringes
(not
needles)
and
the
use
of
single
dose
vials
of
anesthesia
medication
on
multiple
patients
as
the
potential
sources
of
contamination.
|
Feb
26,
2008
OSHA
Cracks
Down
on
Citations,
Probloodborne.com
Offers
Solution-
Grand
Rapids,
MI
2/26/2008
10:50
PM
GMT
(FINDITT)-
OSHA
delivers
up
to
70,000
dollars
in
fines
for
facilities
not
in
full
compliance
with
bloodborne
pathogens
standard.
Personnel
can
now
conveniently
and
securely
complete
bloodborne
pathogens
training
compliant
with
OSHA
healthcare
regulations
on-line
avoiding
the
inefficiency
and
scheduling
hassles
of
on-site
training.
Note:
$19.95
and
10
questions
later,
you're
"Certified"? |
|
Feb.
25,
2008
Hepatitis
C
Danger
In
Your
MD's
Office?
Outbreaks
Of
Dangerous
Infection
Coming
From
An
Unlikely
Place
NEW
YORK,
CBS
News
medical
correspondent
Dr.
Emily
Senay
reports.
"...In
the
end,
99
people
were
infected,
the
largest
outbreak
of
its
kind
in
North
American
history.
The
cause:
Nurses
were
discarding
used
needles,
but
were
reusing
the
syringes,
thereby
passing
the
infection
from
patient
to
patient...Since
1999
..."
|
|
|
February
2008
Northern
Virginia
Personal
Injury
Lawyer-
Doctor
Caught
Reusing
Syringes-
It
has
been
discovered
...
committing
medical
malpractice
by
reusing
syringes
..
obstetrician-gynecologist
reused
syringes
while
administering
flu
...
In
that
case...
notified
approximately
11,000
patients
of
his
reuse
of
syringes.
As a
result,
thousands
of
patients
were
exposed
to
blood-borne
pathogen
infections,
resulting
in
transmission
of
hepatitis
C.
Read
more |
February
15,
2008
MMWR
CDC-
Notice
to
Readers:
Medical
Equipment
Malfunctions
Associated
with
Inappropriate
Use
of
Cleaning
and
Disinfecting
Liquids....
(FDA),
in
collaboration
with
CDC,
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
and
the
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Administration,
issued
a
public
health
notification
alerting
health-care
providers
and
the
public
about
malfunctions
caused
by
improper
use
of
cleaning
and
disinfecting
liquids.*
Read
more |
|
January
30,
2008
Health
commissioner
wants
ban
on
multidose
vials
ridgely.ochs@newsday.com
State
Health
Commissioner
Richard
Daines...
called
on
the
U.S.
Food
and
Drug
Administration
to
eliminate
the
manufacture
and
distribution
of
medications
in
multidose
vials,
the
source
of
hepatitis
C
transmission...
Read
more |
January
2008
NIDA
Home
>
Publications
>
Director's
Reports
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Infection
Among
Noninjecting
Drug
Users
in
New
York
City-
The
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
among
noninjecting
drug
users
has
been
reported
to
be
higher
than
in
the
general
population,
but
the
reasons
for
this
observation
remain
unclear.
Read
more |
|
January
2008
WHO
>
Programmes
and
projects
>
Epidemic
and
Pandemic
Alert
and
Response
(EPR)
>
Diseases
covered
by
EPR
>
Hepatitis
...
the
only
means
of
protection
are
the
implementation
universal
precautions
and
safe
injection
practices.
Read
more |
January
2008
Fibrin
glue
used
for
burns,
facelifts...Fibrin
glue,
a
surgical
adhesive
linked
to
the
transmission
of
the
hepatitis
C
virus,
was
used
in a
wide
variety
of
areas...used
on
about
79,000
patients...made
from
a
combination
of
substances
including
HCV-tainted
fibrinogen
manufactured
by
the
defunct
Green
Cross
Corp.
mainly
between
1981
and
1987
Read
more
Also
see
4/29/2005
Hepatitis
C
scare
halts
use
of
surgical
adhesive-
...fibrinogen,
which
is
found
in
human
blood,
and
is
culled
from
blood
supplies
in
the
United
States.
click
here
Source:
The
Lancet,
transmission
of
hepatitisC
virus
associated
with
fibrinogen
treatment |
|
January
16th,
2008
Another
Long
Island
Doctor
Commits
Malpractice
By
Reusing
Syringes-
It’s
been
revealed
that
another
Long
Island
doctor
has
reused
syringes
when
administering
injections
to
patients.
Dr.
E.
Jacob
Simhaee,
a
Manhasset-based
obstetrician-gynecologist
reused
syringes
when
administering
flu
shots
to
at
least
36
patients
last
fall.
...Late
last
year,
it
was
learned
that
Dix
Hills
doctor
Harvey
Finkelstein
had
infected
several
of
his
patients
with
blood
borne
diseases
after
reusing
syringes. |
|
January
4,
2008
Hepatitis
patient
sues,
blames
dental
implants-FROM
STNG
WIRE
REPORTS-
A
woman
who
underwent
dental
implant
surgery
...suing
the
makers
of
products
used
in
the
surgery,
after
she
learned
the
products
had
been
recalled
and
she
had
contracted
Hepatitis
C.
Read
more
|
January
10,
2008
Guardian
Unlimited-British
soldiers
in
contaminated
blood
scare-
...soldiers
in
Iraq
and
Afghanistan..
given
transfusions
of
contaminated
blood
after
the
US
military
failed
to
follow
its
own
testing
procedures...
Read
more |
|
2007 |
12/26/2007-5
infected
with
hepatitis
C
after
undergoing
heart
test
at
hospital-..A
municipal
hospital's
practice
of
reusing
a
disposable
device
for
monitoring
blood
pressure
during
cardiac
catheter
tests
resulted
in
five
people
developing
hepatitis
C as
a
result
of
the
checkup.
|
Breaches
in
safe-injection
practices
CDC
recommendations.
..Fourteen
patients
reported
breaches
in
safe-injection
practices
by
the
practitioner,
including
1)
failure
to
practice
hand
hygiene,
2)
failure
to
prepare
the
skin
with
an
antiseptic,
3)
failure
to
wipe
vials
with
alcohol
before
injection,
and
4)
failure
to
wear
gloves.
Of
11
patients
who
could
recall,
all
reported
use
of a
new
needle;
however,
nine
patients
reported
use
of a
multidose
vial.
|
|
December
2007-
GRAND
RAPIDS
-
Six
patients
of
former
dermatologist
Dr.
Robert
Stokes
...while
8,500
more
will
be
notified
that
they
may
be
at
risk... |
Dec
2007
Source:
The
Lancet,
Vol.
370,
15
...
attention
to 2
articles
in
the
...The
Lancet
recalling
the
transmission
of
hepatitisC
virus
associated
with
fibrinogen
treatment...associated
with
hepatitis
C
virus
infection
|
December
21,
2007
Non-Hospital
RNs
Face
High
Risk
of
Needlesticks-
MedPage
Today-
Nearly
9%
of
registered
nurses
who
work
outside
the
hospital
had
an
accidental
needlestick...
a
rate
of
13.8
per
100
person-years...
non-hospital
RNs
may
have
more
than
145,000
needlesticks
in
the
U.S.
|
December
24,
2007
Hospital
waste
spreading
hepatitis-Hepatitis-C
is
rapidly
spreading
among
large
number
of
young
garbage
pickers/
scavengers |
|
Fri
7
Dec
2007-
HEPATITIS
C,
HEMODIALYSIS
UNIT
-
SPAIN
(BARCELONA)-Three
children
between
3
and
12
years
of
age
have
contracted
hepatitis
C...were
receiving
treatment
in
the
hemodialysis
unit.
A
failure
in
the
hygiene
protocol,
...thus
far
"we
have
not
been
able
to
establish
the
exact
cause"
leading
to
the
chain
of
infection.
|
Dec
2,
2007
Our
Unsanitary
Hospitals
By
Betsy
McCaughey
These
infections
are
caused
largely
by
unclean
hands,
inadequately
cleaned
equipment
and
contaminated
clothing
that
allow
bacteria
to
spread
from
patient
to
patient,
says
McCaughey.
In a
study
released
in
April,
Boston
University
researchers |
|
PMID:
13130210
[PubMed
-
indexed
for
MEDLINE
Nosocomial
risk
factors
of
hepatitis
C
infection.
A
multicenter
study
in a
hospital-based
population]...
Logistic
regression
analysis
showed
...endoscopy
were
found
as
independent
risk
factors
for
HCV
infection...
No
other
risk
factor
for
nosocomial
or
iatrogenic
transmission
was
identified...other
healthcare-related
procedures
may
partly
explain
HCV
transmission.
This
emphasizes
the
need
to
reinforce
compliance
with
standard
precautions
of
hygiene. |
Dec
1,
2007
Bosn
J
Basic
Med
Sci.
2006
Nov;6(4):13-7.
Hepatitis
C
infection
in
risk
groups.-Results
of
this
study
confirm
that
general
screening
for
HCV
infection
is
recommended
in
risk
groups
for
HCV
infection
in
order
to
identify
to
prevent
and
to
treat
it.
|
|
2007
CDC.
Guideline
for
isolation
precautions:
preventing
transmission
of
infectious
agents
in
healthcare
settings
2007.
Atlanta,
GA:
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
CDC;
2007.
Available
at . |
2007
CDC.
Steps
for
evaluating
an
infection
control
breach.
Atlanta,
GA:
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services,
CDC
|
|
November
28,
2007
NIOSH
Addresses
Body
Art
Hazards...
has
created
a
new
topic
page
titled
"Body
Art,"
after
numerous
meetings--including
OSHA--to
help
identify
the
hazards
and
bloodborne
pathogen
risks
tattoo
artists
and
body
piercers
experience
while
working |
Use
of
Blunt-Tip
Suture
Needles
to
Decrease
Percutaneous
Injuries
to
Surgical
Personnel:
Safety
and
Health
Information
Bulletin.
OSHA
and
the
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
(NIOSH)
Publication
No.
2008-101,
(2007,
October).
Supersedes
NIOSH
Publication
2007–132. |
November
20,
2007
Hepatitis
Found
Again
Among
Doctor's
Patients
NY
Times
By
PAUL
VITELLO
Published:
Nassau
County
health
officials
yesterday
reported
another
positive
test
for
hepatitis
among
the
patients
of
an
anesthesiologist
on
Long
Island
whose
faulty
infection-control
practices
put
hundreds
of
people
at
risk.
|
November
20,
2007-
Hospital
admission
is a
relevant
source
of
hepatitis
C
virus
acquisition
in
Spain.
PMID:
17998149
[PubMed
- as
supplied
by
publisher]
The
most
relevant
risk
factors
registered
during
the
6-month
period
preceding
the
diagnosis
of
acute
hepatitis
C
were:
hospital
admission
in
73
(67%)
cases
|
November
13,
2007
Doctor
reused
needles,
put
patients
at
risk
n
michael.amon@newsday.com
About
630
patients
of a
Nassau
County
physician
who
reused
needles
and
syringes
have
been
notified
that
they
are
at
risk
for..
hepatitis
C
...
two
of
the
doctor's
patients
have
already
contracted
hepatitis
C.
The
physician,
an
anesthesiologist |
Sept./Oct.
2007
Rev.
Inst.
Med.
trop.
S.
Paulo
vol.49
no.5
São
Paulo
Sexual
transmission
of
hepatitis
C ...chances
of
sexual
transmission
are
low
or
almost
null, |
|
August
2007
Investigation
of
hepatitis
C
transmission
in a
UK
haemodialysis
unit:
possible
role
of
Schribner
shunt
vascular
access
device
.
Journal
of
Hospital
Infection
,
Volume
66 ,
Issue
4 ,
Pages
391
-
392D
.
Webster
, K
.
Jeffery
, K
.
Cann
, C
.
Teo
, S
.
Ngui
, P
.
Mason
, I
.
Bowler |
May
01,
2007
VIETNAM
EXPERIENCE
In
1964,
a
program
designed
to
protect
all
military
personnel
stationed
in
Asia
against
hepatitis
was
instituted.
A
16-percent
solution
of
human
serum
gamma
globulin
in a
dose
of
0.05
ml/lb
was
used. |
|
April
17,
2007
FDA
Seizes
All
Medical
Products
Media
Inquiries:
Heidi
Rebello,
301-827-6242
Consumer
Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
FDA
Seizes
All
Medical
Products
From
N.J.
Device
Manufacturer
for
Significant
Manufacturing
Violations...compromise
the
safety
and
effectiveness
of
the
products,
particularly
their
sterility.
|
April
26
2007
ORIGINAL
PAPER
Vox
Sanguinis
Volume
93
Issue
2,
Pages
159
-
165
Published
Online:
2
Jun
2007
©
2008
Blackwell
Publishing
Ltd
Legal,
financial,
and
public
health
consequences
of
transfusion-transmitted
hepatitis
C
virus
in
persons
with
haemophilia-
...two-
to
eightfold
more
persons
with
haemophilia
in
the
eight
countries
contracted
HCV
vs.
HIV
from
contaminated
blood
products
during
the
1980s...
clinical
impact
among
persons
with
haemophilia
of
HCV
contamination
of
the
blood
supply
in
the
1980s
was
larger
than
the
impact
of
HIV
contamination
of
the
blood
supply
during
this
time-period,
the
policy
response
was
smaller. |
|
Apr-9-2007
Doc
says
unsafe
syringes
responsible
for
HCV
Liver
diseases,
hepatitis
C
assuming
alarming
proportions
in
Pakistan:
warns
health
experts
..
speaker...warned
that
Hepatitis
C
...assuming
alarming
proportion
in
Pakistan
with
each
passing
day. |
April
7
2007
OBITUARIES
Steven
G.
Economou:
1922
-
2007
Surgeon,
writer,
doodler...chairing
the
surgery
department
at
what
is
now
Rush
University
Medical
Center
...From
1983
to
1993,
he
was
chairman
of
Rush's
general
surgery
department...Dr.
Economou
had
suffered
from
hepatitis
C,
which
he
probably
contracted
in
the
operating
room,
and
underwent
a
liver
transplant
about
12
years
ago,
|
|
Requirements
for
safety-engineered
sharps
for
stockpiled
pandemic
influenza
vaccines
and
pre-filled
syringes.
OSHA
Standard
Interpretation,
(2007,
March
2).
|
|
|
|
Apr
2,
2007
U.S.
Hospital
Errors
Continue
to
Rise
(HealthDay
News)..
Ten
of
16
types
of
patient-safety
incidents
increased
over
the
three
years
of
the
study,
by
an
average
of
almost
12
percent.
The
greatest
increases
were
in
post-operative
sepsis
(about
34.3
percent);
post-operative
respiratory
failure
(18.7
percent);
and
selected
infections
due
to
medical
care
(about
12.2
percent).
|
|
March
22,
2007
The
Edmonton
Journal
Sterilization
room
shut
down
'It
only
takes
one
cell
to
give
you
hepatitis'
Surgical
instrument
sterilization
is
serious
business...
St.
Joseph's
General
Hospital,
the
sterilization
room
was
shut
down...scopes
and
tools
hadn't
been
properly
cleaned.
"If
you
don't
take
all
this
apart
and
clean
it...cooking
for
years,"...searching
through
patient
files
back
to
2003,
to
identify
which
patients...exposed
to
the
blood-borne
pathogens... |
March-2007
NY
Statewide
Testing
for
HCV
Epidemic
-
Health
officials
are
urging
residents
to
get
tested
for
Hepatitis
C,
saying
it's
become
a
statewide
epidemic.
According
to
the
New
York
Post,
cases
of
the
virus
have
doubled
in
the
last
five
years...tip
of
the
iceberg...the
city
had
more
than
14,000
cases
of
Hepatitis
C in
2005.
Last
year's
data
isn't
available
yet,
but
officials
are
predicting
a
big
hike. |
|
Friday,
30
March
,
2007
Investigation
into
Sterilisation
Hepatitis
scare
prompts
investigation
into
sterilisation
Reporter:
Brendan
Trembath
MARK
BANNERMAN:
The
last
thing
you'd
expect
when
you
go
to
the
doctor
for
a
vitamin
injection
is
to
end
up
with
hepatitis
C.
But
that's
exactly
what's
happened
...Public
health
officials
are
concerned
at
the
news
and
they've
advised
that
another
100
people
who've
been
to
the
clinic
may
be
at
risk. |
March
08,
2007
Can
Saliva
Transmit
Hepatitis
C-
by
Nicole
Cutler,
L.Ac.
People
with
chronic
Hepatitis
C
are
advised
not
to
share
toothbrushes,
razors,
nail
clippers
or
other
personal
articles
that
may
have
potentially
been
in
contact
with
their
blood.
While
there
is
very
little
emphasis
on
saliva...under
the
right
circumstances
there
is
some
evidence
to
the
contrary:
·
The
person
with
the
virus
must
have
a
viral
load
over
one
million.·
Both
parties
involved
have
gum
disease.
|
|
Mar
5;
2007
Am J
Ind
Med.
50(4):285-292
Potential
work-related
exposures
to
bloodborne
pathogens
by
industry
and
occupation
..but
it
lacks
details
on
the
circumstances
of
the
exposure
and
other
relevant
issues...CONCLUSIONS:
This
study
suggests
that
each
industry
group
has
unique
needs
that
should
be
addressed.
|
March
2007
Hep
C
testing
beginning
on
patients
Hep
C
testing
beginning
on
patients-Testing
for
hepatitis
C
has
begun
on
the
patients
of
a...surgeon
who
contracted
the
disease...after
a
routine
exam
in
February,
was
confirmed
to
have
hepatitis
C...Appointments
are
set
for
150
people
this
weekend.
|
March-2007
Sweet
wants
more
screening
of
doctors
-..chief
health
officer
would
like
to
see
health-care
workers
in
high-risk
jobs
voluntarily
screened
for
infectious
diseases
such
as
hepatitis
C.
Dr.
Lamont
Sweet
told
CBC
News
Tuesday
..
he
is
encouraging
all
at-risk
health-care
workers
to
get
tested. |
February
7,
2007
Prostate
biopsy
between
1989
and
2003FDA
News
FOR
IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
P07-14
Media
Inquiries:
FDA
Press
Office,
301-827-6242
Consumer
Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA-
Custom
Ultrasonics
Signs
Consent
Decree-
Company
agrees
to
stop
manufacturing
devices
that
wash
and
disinfect
endoscopes
until
it
corrects
problems...
agreed
to
stop
manufacturing
and
distributing
its
System
83
Plus
Washer/Disinfector
and
the
System
Plus
83
Mini-flex
Washer/Disinfector
until...compliance
with
FDA's
Current
Good
Manufacturing
Practice
requirements
of
its
Quality
System
(QS)
regulation.
|
|
June.
15,
2007-
3
hepatitis
C
cases
tied
to
N.Y.
anesthesiologist-
Authorities
urged
4,500
people
who
were
treated
by
an
anesthesiologist
to
get
tested
for
hepatitis
C,
saying
three
patients
may
have
been
infected
as
the
doctor
gave
them
anesthesia. |
Jun
07-
Injection
Behavior,
Not
Sexual
Contact,
Accounts
for
Couples'
Hepatitis
C
Risk
NEW
YORK
(Reuters
Health)
-
Injection
behavior,
rather
than
sexual
contact,
accounts
for
the
clustering
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
in
heterosexual
couples,
according
to a
report
in
the
June
1st
issue
of
The
Journal
of
Infectious
Diseases. |
|
June
1,
2007-
AIDS
Info
at a
Glance-
FDA
Approves
New
Test
to
Screen
for
HIV
and
HCV
in
Donated
Blood...The
CDC
reports
that
25%
...HIV
infection
are
also
infected
with
HCV.
That
percentage
increases
to
50-90%
in
HIV-infected
injection
drug
users.
|
03-23-2007
Safety
and
Health
Information
Bulletin
(SHIB)
(NIOSH
The
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
(NIOSH)
and
the
U.S.
Department
of
Labor’s
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Administration
(OSHA)
have
jointly
published
a
Safety
and
Health
Information
Bulletin
(SHIB)
(NIOSH
2007-132
and
OSHA
SHIB
#
03-23-2007)
designed
to
help
protect
surgical
personnel
from
needle
stick
injuries
while
using
suture
needles.
|
|
May
2007
Source:
SR
International,
Radio
Sweden-
It
has
been
revealed
that
thousands
of
people...
and
the
risk
has
been
known
for
years.
...
up
to
23
000
people
who
might
have
the
liver
disease
should
be
traced....In
the
past,
it
was
thought
that
it
might
be
unethical
to
contact
patients
and
tell
them
they
were
at
risk.. |
May
2007
The
Capital
Development
Authority's
Directorate
of
Health
Services
(DHS)
have
diagnosed
10
barbers
with
HIV/AIDS
and
52
with
hepatitis
in
the
city
during
the
last
3
years,
Daily
Times
has
learned. |
|
May
2007
Infection
Control-
Author:
Patti
V.
Hoffman,
RN,
BS,
MPH
National
Center
of
Continuing
Education,
Inc.
Transmission-Based
Precautions-Transmission-based
precautions
were
designed
for
patients
with
suspected
or
documented
infection
with
highly
transmissible
or
epidemiologically
important
pathogens
requiring
additional
practices
beyond
standard
precautions. |
Apr
2007
Advice
to
dentists
on
instrument
use-
Health
Protection
Report
Vol.1
No.16-
Advice
for
dentists
on
single-use
of
endodontic
instruments
for
all
patients
to
reduce
the
risk
of
secondary
transmission... |
|
2006 |
|
June
19,
2006
Prostate
biopsy
between
1989
and
2003
FDA
Public
Health
Notification:
Reprocessing
of
Reusable
Ultrasound
Transducer
Assemblies
Used
for
Biopsy
Procedures(You
are
encouraged
to
copy
and
distribute
this
information)..the
lumen
of a
needle
guide
of
an
ultrasound
transducer
assembly
was
found
to
be
soiled.
The
alert
provided
recommendations
on
reprocessing
that
brand
of
transrectal
ultrasound
transducer,
which
is
widely
used..... |
November
2006
Journal
of
Viral
Hepatitis
13(11):
775-782.
15
independent
risk
factors
for
HCV
By
Liz
Highleyman
a
significant
proportion
of
hepatitis
C
patients
(20%-40%)
have
no
identified
route
of
transmission.
In
conclusion,
the
authors
wrote,
".our
data
incriminate
previously
unidentified
risk
factors
|
Date:
11
Jun
2007
Reuter's
Alert
Net-
18
hospitals
and
39
drug
trading
companies
were
found
to
be
using
the
fake
human
albumin,
which
led
to
huge
profits
because
of
its
low
production
cost. |
June
2,
2006
MILWAUKEE
-
More
than
22,000
veterans
who
underwent
prostate
biopsies
at
veterans'
hospitals
across
the
country
are
being
warned
that
improperly
sterilized
equipment
may
have
exposed
them
to
deadly
viruses...inadequacies
with
the
biopsy
cleaning
procedure
at
21
medical
centers
in
18
states,
plus
Puerto
Rico.
|
|
August
2006
Hepatitis
C
infection
from
Contaminated
Heart
Stress
Test
“…..Sixteen
cases
were
identified;
all
underwent
myocardial
perfusion
studies
on
October
15.
Cases
had
perfusion
studies
performed
at 3
unaffiliated
clinics.
The
median
age
of
cases
was
63
years
and
14
(88%)
were
male.
Fifteen
cases
were
symptomatic,
including
11
who
had
jaundice….The
findings
from
this
and
other
recent
investigations
demonstrate
that
bloodborne
pathogens
can
be
transmitted
in
any
setting
where
blood
exposures
occur
and
aseptic
technique
is
compromised. |
2006
Hepatitis
C
virus
infections
from
a
contaminated
radiopharmaceutical
used
in
myocardial
perfusion
studies.
2006
JAMA
2006;296:2005--11.Patel
PR,
Larson
AK,
Castel
AD,
et
al
The
findings
...
demonstrate
that
bloodborne
pathogens
can
be
transmitted
in
any
setting
where
blood
exposures
occur
and
aseptic
technique
is
compromised...
The
findings
from
this
investigation,
as
well
as
other
reported
outbreaks,
underscore
a
need
for
heightened
awareness
and
renewed
vigilance.
|
|
|
|
May
2006
VA
biopsies
could
have
infected
men
Nashville
center
alerts
413
on
prostate
test;
16
hospitals
nationally
involved
The
Tennessean-By
CLAUDIA
PINTO
Staff
Writer-
More
than
300
Tennessee
veterans
could
be
at
risk
of
infections,
including
HIV,
after
improperly
sterilized
equipment
might
have
been
used
on
them
during
their
prostate
biopsies
at
the
VA
hospital
in
Nashville.
|
May
21
2006
Source:
Toronto
Globe
and
Mail
online,
Toronto:
hepatitis
prompts
warning
at
Scarborough
Hospital...public
health
authorities
have
warned
400
Scarborough
Hospital
dialysis
patients
...risk
of
hepatitis
infection
...not
to
share
their
toothbrushes
or
razors
with
family
members...cluster
of
hepatitis-positive
dialysis
patients
identified
this
month
[May
2006]..."
said
Dr
Michael
Finkelstein...
|
|
Non-Drug
Related
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
2003-2005
The
Hepatitis
C
epidemic
is
discovering
what
was.
In
1988,
242,000
Hepatitis
C
infections
were
reported
annually.
These
high
figures
were
reported
throughout
1970's
&
1980's.
Since
1989,
and
mandatory
heating
or
washing
of
blood
products,
the
annual
number
of
new
infections
declined
80 %
by
1998.
Universal
precaution
became
mandatory
in
1996.
But,
preconceived
ideas
and
notions
have
stifled
awareness
to
the
many
transmission
methods,
discovered
yearly,
for
this
disease.
CDC-Hepatitis
C
infections
were
reported
annually.
|
|
2005 |
|
11/15/05
Laboratory
Evaluation
of
Endoscope
Water
Bottles
By
Paul
J.
Pearce,
PhD,
Nova
Biologicals,
Inc...Test
results
show
that
92
percent
of
the
endoscope
water
bottles
tested
were
contaminated
...
included
known
human
pathogens...Test
results
demonstrate
that
a
high
percentage
of
the
water
container
bottles
tested
failed
to
meet
CDC
and
FDA
criteria
for
high
level
disinfection.(4)
improperly
processed
endoscope
water
bottles
are
routinely
used
in
the
United
States
by
practitioners
conducting
endoscopic
examinations.
|
Pruss-Ustun
A,
Rapiti
E,
Hutin
Y.
Estimation
of
the
global
burden
of
disease
attributable
to
contaminated
sharps
injuries
among
health-care
workers.
Am J
Ind
Med.
2005;48:482–490.
doi:
10.1002/ajim.20230.
[PubMed] |
|
Nov
2005
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Through
Swapping
Body
Jewelry-By
Daniel,
A
Rebecca;
Sheha,
Thomas
she
routinely
shared
her
pierced
body
jewelry
with
a
female
friend.
only
3%
to
5%
of
American
patients
are
infected
with
genotype
3a
hepatitis
C
virus.
Click
here |
American
Journal
of
Public
Health
says
that
if
health
leaders
don’t
make
significant
strides
in
crafting
HCV
education
and
prevention
programs,
there
could
be
nearly
200,000
U.S.
deaths
from
the
disease
by
2019
and
nearly
$13
billion
in
health
care
costs.
|
11/07/05
Risk
Factors
for
Perinatal
Transmission
of
HCV
and
a
Higher
Incidence
of
Infection
in
Male
than
in
Female
Infants
By
Ronald
Baker,
PhD
In
multivariate
analysis
restricted
to
HCV
RNA-positive
mothers,
membrane
rupture
>/=
6 h
and
internal
fetal
monitoring
were
associated
with
transmission
of
HCV
to
infants.
Click
here |
October
26,
2005
Md.
General
To
Repay
$55,029
To
Medicaid
Hospital
Settles
Over
Unverifiable
HIV
Test
Results-
Maryland
General
sent
out
hundreds
of
potentially
incorrect
AIDS
and
Hepatitis
C
test
results
last
March,
leading
to
Congressional
hearings
into
the
hospital's
quality.
Click
here |
|
Oct.
26,
2005
FDA
warns
about
unscreened
human
tissue
The
Associated
Press...
the
firm
illegally
bought
body
parts
from
funeral
homes
to
sell
to
tissue
processors...
sold
human
tissue
to
processors
for
eventual
implantation
into
people
because
it
may
not
have
been
properly
screened
for
infections.
Click
here
|
Oct.
2005
"This
is a
low
estimate,"
said
Dr.
Weiss,
because
less
than
half
of
the
surgical
cases
were
tested.
Review
SAN
FRANCISCO
-
John
Hopkins
Surgeons
Warned!
....study
presented
at
the
annual
meeting
of
the
American
College
of
Surgeons.
33%
of
surgical
patients
had
Hep
C.
"This
is a
low
estimate,"
said
Dr.
Weiss
Click
here
|
|
Oct.
2005
FIVE
MILLION
AMERICANS
INFECTED
WITH
THE
HEPATITIS
C
VIRUS:
A
CORRECTED
ESTIMATE
AASLD
Nov
2005
Brian
R.
Edlin,
Weill
Medical
College
of
Cornell
University,
New
York,
NY…of
these,
approximately
3.4
million
are
currently
infected
(chronic
HCV)…
Click
here |
Oct.
2005
Professor:
Most
people
with
hepatitis
C
don't
know
it-
By
Beverly
J.
Lydick/Tribune
staff-
Most
people
infected
with
the
hepatitis
C
virus
aren't
even
aware
of
it,
a
University
of
Massachusetts
Medical
School
professor
testified
Friday
in
Dodge
County
District
Court.
Click
here
|
10/3/2005
Tattooing
Is
an
Independent
Risk
Factor
for
HCV
Infection
on
the
El
Paso,
Texas-Mexico
Border
The
role
of
non
sterile
tattooing
practices
in
HCV
transmission
merits
additional
examination
in
regard
to
precise
risk
settings,
frequency
and
mechanisms
of
infection.”
Click
here
|
Sept
21,
2005
VA
dental
clinic
warns
patients
some
instruments
were
not
sterilized
By
Karen
Kane,
Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette
A
patient
of a
dental
clinic
at
the
Veterans
Affairs
Medical
Center
in
Butler
filed
a
legal
claim
..
some
clinic
instruments
were
not
sterilized
between
uses.
..shut
down
the
clinic
between
March
and
May,
and
in
June,
sent
letters
to
2,000
patients
who
had
visited
it
from
1999
|
|
Sept.
1,
2005
Bethesda,
Maryland
Most
chronic
hepatitis
C
sufferers
will
develop
cirrhosis
in
later
life-...
nearly
inevitable..
80
percent
...
will
develop
cirrhosis
Click
here |
22/09/05
London
law
firm
to
probe
blood
scandal
By
Evelyn
Ring
A
LONDON-based
law
firm
has
been
engaged
by
the
Government
to
investigate
the
role
played
by
US-based
pharmaceutical
firms
in
the
blood
contamination
scandal.
Click
here
|
Sep
2005
Fears
hep
C
rife
in
jail
population
By
Tanya
Nolan
for
AM A
prisoner
advocacy
group
says
its
research
shows
more
than
one
third
of
the
nation's
prison
population
now
has
hepatitis
C
Click
here
|
Sept
2005
Hospital
loses
benefits
appeal
By
ROBIN
LORD
STAFF
WRITER
A
state
Appeals
Court
...
favor
of a
former
Cape
Cod
Hospital
emergency
room
technician,
..denied
workers'
compensation
benefits
...after
she
became
infected
with
hepatitis
C
through
a
needle
stick
at
work.
Click
here
|
Sept
15,
2005
The
Journal
of
Infectious
Diseases
;192:1088-1092-Reemergence
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
after
8.5
Years
in a
Patient
with
Hypogammaglobulinemia:
Evidence
for
an
Occult
Viral
Reservoir
Click
here |
Sept
8,
2005
Tattoo
business
patrons
contact
health
department
By
KRISTIN
BUEHNER,
Of
The
Globe
Gazette
People
who
have
had
tattoos
or
body
piercing
at
Freeky
Inks
Tattoos
are
urged
to
get
tested
for
HIV
and
Hepatitis
B
and
C,
blood-borne
pathogens
that
can
be
transmitted
if
instruments
contaminated
with
blood
are
not
sterilized
or
used
appropriately
between
clients.
Click
here
|
|
Sep
2005
'Addict'
doctor
is
accused
of
killing
with
dirty
needles
From
Graham
Keeley
in
Barcelona-63
patients
died,
276
people,
including
17
children,
over
a
ten-year
period....denies
that
he
had
a
heroin
addiction
and
claims....caught
the
virus
through
contact
with
infected
patients.
Click
here |
Sep 2005 Source: Reuters Hepatitis C threatens new generation..... found antibodies to hepatitis C ...,in 18.1% .. residents and 22.1% .. army recruits. The number .. rises with age ...41% of persons over 50 ...The vast majority must represent sporadic transmission. Click here
|
|
Sep
15
2005
HIV
warning
for
patients
treated
by
bogus
dentist
MORE
than
600
patients
may
have
been
put
at
risk
of
contracting
HIV
and
hepatitis
after
they
were
treated
by a
bogus
dentist...Click
Here |
Aug.
24,
2005
Hospital
Asks
Patients
to
Get
HIV
Test
LEESBURG, Va. - Inova Loudoun Hospital is asking 144 patients who underwent endoscopic exams Click here
|
|
August
12,
2005
WHO
INTRODUCES
A
WEBSITE
ON
THE
SAFE
MANAGEMENT
OF
HEALTHCARE
WASTE
..Poor
management
of
HCW
exposes
healthcare
workers,
waste
handlers,
and
the
community
to
infections,
toxic
effects,
and
injuries.
Click
here |
Aug
2,
2005
LAS
VEGAS
Local
cities
facing
estimated
$2.8
billion
liability
over
next
30
years-
State
laws
requiring
compensation
for
public
safety
workers
who
develop
...hepatitis
C
have
local
governments
scrambling
to
identify
how
to
pay
for
what
is
expected
to
be a
multibillion-dollar
liability
over
the
next
30
years.
Click
here
|
|
July
20
Hepatitis
C a
Greater
Threat
to
Healthcare
Workers
Than
HIV
ATLANTA
(Reuters
Health)
-
The
risk
that
healthcare
workers
will
become
infected
with
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
following
an
accidental
needlestick
is
20
to
40
times
greater
than
their
risk
of
HIV
infection,
according
to
data
presented
here
at
the
International
Conference
on
Emerging
Infectious
Disease.
Click
here |
July
12,2005
Doctor
sanctioned
for
reusing
syringes
PROVIDENCE,
R.I.
(AP)
The
state
Department
of
Health
is
sanctioning
a
doctor
it
says
reused
syringes
--
putting
patients
at
risk....
for
injections
of
vitamin
B-12...sent
advisories
to
669
Click
here
|
|
Volume
19
Issue
7
Page
792
-
July
2004
Ethnic
and
cultural
determinants
&
risk
Journal
of
Gastroenterology
and
Hepatology
19
(7),
792–798.
doi:10.1111/j.1440-1746.2004.03381.x
Ethnic
and
cultural
determinants
influence
risk
assessment
for
hepatitis
C
acquisition
"Risk
factors
in
SEA
patients
were
injection
therapy,
dental
therapy
and
surgery
(89%,
70%
and
38%,
respectively).
|
06/13/2005
SANTA
ROSA,
CA
--
(MARKET
WIRE)
--
Hepatitis
C
Infection
Claims
Against
Santa
Rosa
Doctor
Gain
Momentum
With
Filing
of
Second
Lawsuit
Contaminated
Equipment
May
Have
Infected
Five
Patients
of
Gordon
Medical
Associates
With
Hepatitis
C in
January
2005
Click
here |
|
June
10
2005,
REDNOVA
NEWS
Patient-to-Patient
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus-
vulnerable
patients
with
cancer
observing
poor
infection-control
techniques
by a
health
care
professional
attending
their
central
venous
catheters.
Click
here |
June
7,
2005-Annals
of
Internal
Medicine
|
Volume
142
Issue
11 |
Pages
898-902
An
Outbreak
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Infections
among
Outpatients
at a
Hematology/Oncology
Clinic
Of
613
clinic
patients
were
probably
contaminated
when
syringes
used
to
draw
blood
from
venous
catheters
were
reused
to
withdraw
saline
solution.
Click
here
|
|
Characteristics
and
Health
of
Caregivers
and
Care
Recipients
---
North
Carolina,
2005 |
|
|
Baltimore,
MD,
May.
4
(UPI)
--
U.S.
researchers
said
nearly
40
percent
of
surgeries
may
involve
patients
who
have
...hepatitis,
placing
surgeons
at
risk
of
contracting
the
diseases.
click
here
|
May
04,
2005
Source:
Newswise
Protecting
healthcare
workers
from
infection
As
many
as
87
percent
of
surgeons
will
receive
an injury
that
breaks
the
skin
click
here
|
|
4/29/2005
Hepatitis
C
scare
halts
use
of
surgical
adhesive
The
Yomiuri
Shimbun
One
of
the
basic
ingredients
in
Takokonbu
is
fibrinogen,
which
is
found
in
human
blood,
and
is
culled
from
blood
supplies
in
the
United
States.
click
here |
April
28,
2005
Philly.com
by
ssnyder@phillynews.com.
An
uproar
ensues
over
needle-stick-
Parents
notified
children
stuck
by
pin.
click
here |
Apr
22,
2005
83
patients
alerted
after
Hepatitis
C
fear
Hastings
Observer,
UK -
...warned
they
may
have
contracted
Hepatitis
C
from
a
Hastings
gynaecologist
between
1983
and
2001
click
here
|
Apr
20
2005
2,000
women
patients
in
hepatitis
test
warning
By
Deborah
James
Daily
Post
Staff
...cases
going
back
23
years,
....
underwent
invasive
surgery
like
hysterectomy
operations
in
two
Liverpool
hospitals
click
here |
|
Apr
09,
2005
Hepatitis
warnings
go
out
to
patients
By
Sarah
Arnquist
FAIRFIELD
-
Kaiser
Permanente
mailed
letters
to
400
female
patients
from
its
Vacaville
and
Vallejo
facilities,
suggesting
they
get
tested
for
hepatitis
after
finding
sterilization
problems
with
medical
instruments
dating
back
four
years.
click
here |
According
to a
2005
study
published
in
the
American
Journal
of
Industrial
Medicine
overall,
16,000
hepatitis
C,
66,000
hepatitis
B
and
1,000
HIV
infections
may
have
occurred
in
2000
worldwide
among
healthcare
workers
due
to
their
occupational
exposure
to
injuries,
they
said. |
|
Incidence
of
acute
HCV,
USA
click
here |
4/7/05
El
Paso
Times-
Months
after
first
contacting
250
people
who
could
have
been
infected
with
hepatitis
C
during
surgery
at
Beaumont
Army
Medical
Center
last
year,
physicians
now
want
to
test
an
additional
912
patients.
click
here |
|
April
7-NEW
ORLEANS,
/PRNewswire/
--
Survey
of
AORN
Congress
Attendees
Reveals
Double
Gloving
Occurs
42
Percent
as
Much
as
It
Should,-Although
they
are
"very
concerned"
about
the
need
to
double
glove
as a
means
of
protection
against
potential
exposure
to
blood
and
body
fluids
during
surgery,
operating
room
nurses...report..
they
only
double
glove
42
percent
as
much
as
they
think
they
should.
click
here |
The
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
virus
infection
in
Texas:
implications
for
future
health
care-KANTHI
YALAMANCHILI,
MD,
SHERIF
SAADEH,
MD,
RITA
LEPE,
MD,
AND
GARY
L.
DAVIS,
MD....
number
of
cases
appears
to
have
surpassed
previous
projections
utilizing
this
and
similar
models
click
here |
|
A
study
in
New
York
City
has
found
a
higher
than
expected
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
infection
among
non-injecting
drug
users
The
findings,
published
in
the
May
1
issue
of
Substance
Use
&
Misuse,
may
indicate
that
use
of
needles
and
syringes
is
not
the
only
drug-related
risk
factor
for
HCV.
click
here
|
Barriers
to
hepatitis
c
transmission
within
breathing
systems:
Efficacy
of a
pleated
hydrophobic
filter
Centre
for
Applied
Microbiology
and
Research
A
large
pore
electret
filter
did
not
provide
a
barrier
to
the
passage
of
HCV.......
essential
....
humidified
breathing
circuit,..
be
evaluated
in a
...
to
prove
their
efficacy.
click
here
|
|
Brief
Communication:
Sewer
Workers:
Occupational
Risk
for
Hepatitis
C —
Report
of
Two
Cases
and
Review
of
Literature-
SEWAGE
WORKERS
are
at
high
risk
of
exposure
to
both
infectious
and
toxic
agents
click
here
|
NEW
YORK
(Reuters
Health)
-
The
findings
of a
long-term
study
of
injection
drug
users...
These
results
"underscore
the
importance"
of
nucleic
acid
screening
of
blood...an
"alarming"
34
percent
became
infected
despite
risk
reduction
counseling
click
here |
|
April
1,
2005
Colonoscopy
Patients
Put
at
Infection
Risk
By
Katrina
Woznicki
,
MedPage
Today
Staff
Writer
Reviewed
by
Zalman
S.
Agus,
MD;
Emeritus
Professor
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
School
of
Medicine.
MONROEVILLE,
Pa....tracking
down
some
200
people
The
patients
involved
got
colonoscopies
click
here |
Maryland
probe
fails
to
discover
source
of
hepatitis
C
infections
After
a
five-month
probe,
Maryland
health
officials
still
do
not
know
how
a
vial
of
testing
solution
became
contaminated
with
hepatitis
C
virus
and
infected
16
people
click
here |
|
March
31,
2005
Monroeville
hospital
urges
200
colonoscopy
patients
to
get
checked
..
..underwent
colon
examinations
that
they
may
be
at
risk
for
infection
because
the
colonoscopes
..not
..
adequately
cleaned.
click
here |
March
31,
2005
Forbes
Issues
Warning
on
Faulty
Disinfection
Nearly
70
patients
have
contacted
the
hospital
so
far
click
here |
|
NY
Prison
health
care
is
killing
inmates
By
MARY
BETH
PFEIFFER
An
estimated
10,000
inmates
suffer
from
Hepatitis
C;
another
6,000
are
infected
with
HIV.
Complaints
about
substandard
care
are
legion.
click
here |
Mar
24
2005
French
Woman
May
Have
Had
Variant
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease
in
1971-
"like
finding
a
case
of
autopsied
AIDS
back
in
the
1700s."
click
here |
|
March
11,
2005
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
B
Virus
Among
Persons
Undergoing
Blood
Glucose
Monitoring
in
Long-Term--Care
Facilities
The
findings
underscore
the
need
for
education,
training,
adherence
to
standard
precautions |
03/04/05
William
Beaumont
Army
Medical
Center-
Update
on
hepatitis
C
investigation
The
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
in
confirmed
that
all
patients
were
infected
from
the
same
source.
All
patients
with
the
virus
are
receiving
medical
care,
and
our
investigation
continues
into
the
source.
|
|
3/16/05
When
Does
Mother-to-Child
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Occur?
31%
were
positive
in
the
first
3
days
of
life....
“These
results
suggest
that
at
least
one
third
and
up
to a
half
of
infected
children
acquired
infection
in
utero.
click
here |
03/17/2005
The
Ugly
Truth
Behind
Beautiful
Nails
--
Doctor's
Advice
for
Healthy
Feet
BEVERLY
HILLS,
CA
--
(MARKET
WIRE)
--
The
risks
are
severe
and
even
include
the
blood-borne
viral
diseases
hepatitis
B
and
C.
clcik
here
|
|
|
February
24,
2005
Patients
told
of
HIV
infection
fears
AMSTERDAM
—
....
informed
patients
who
underwent
endoscopic
examinations
recently
that
faulty
equipment
....
asked
57
patients
to
come
in
for
testing
click
here |
Jan
31,
2005
Local
hospital
snafus
hint
at a
larger
problem
By
A.C.
Thompson
Late
last
year
health
care
giant
Kaiser
Permanente
was
forced
to
reveal
an
embarrassing
and
potentially
lethal
situation
that
had
developed
at
its
Redwood
City
hospital.
The
hospital
was
apparently
using
dirty
endoscopes |
1/26/04
Division
of
Gastroenterology,
Children's
Hospital
Boston,
MA.Children
with
Hepatitis
C An
estimated
240,000
children
in
the
United
States
have
antibody
to
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
and
68,000
to
100,000
are
chronically
infected
with
HCV.
Click
here |
|
Barriers
to
hepatitis
c
transmission
within
breathing
systems:
Efficacy
of a
pleated
hydrophobic
filter
G.
LLOYD
.....breathing
circuits
contaminated
with
body
fluids
may
provide
a
route
of
nosocomial
patient-to-patient
transmission
of
the
hepatitis
C
virus..
A
large
pore
electret
filter
did
not
provide
a
barrier
to
the
passage
of
HCV.
click
here
|
January
14,
2005
Professor
warns
that
pilgrimage
is
health
risk
MUSLIMS
taking
part
in
the
pilgrimage
to
Mecca
face
serious
health
risks,
a
city
doctor
warned
today."....He
said
that
pilgrims
also
need
to
be
aware
of
the
risks
of
blood-borne
infections
such
as
HIV
and
hepatitis
B
and
C,
especially
as
one
of
the
rites
of
Hajj
is
for
men
to
have
their
head
shaved.
Link
|
January
8,
2005
Hepatitis
C
seen
as
health
threat
on
Long
Island
BY
DELTHIA
RICKS
STAFF
WRITER
Link
The
growing
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C on
Long
Island
could
pose
a
greater
threat
than
the
emergence
of
HIV
two
decades
ago,
a
health
expert
said
Friday. |
4
Jan
2005
The
Baltimore
Sun,
Maryland:
hepatitis
C
fatality
in
Baltimore
shrouded
in
mystery-As
thousands
of
other
patients
do
every
year,
a
patient
walked
into
a
Glen
Burnie
cardiology
clinic....traced
the
patient's
infection
to a
single
vial
of
technetium-99m,
a
radioactive
isotope
injected
into
the
bloodstream
during
stress
tests
and
other
routine
diagnostic
procedures.
click
here |
|
2004 |
The
Hepatitis
Report
By
Michael
Marco
Natural
History,
Clinical
Manifestations,
and
Prognostic
Indicators
of
Disease
Progression
and
Survival
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
(HCV)
Infection
Approximately
20%
of
newly
individuals
have
symptoms
that
arise
before
the
seroconversion
to
anti-HCV
occurs
(antibody-positive)
(Koretz
1993).
The
average
time
from
exposure
to
seroconversion
is
approximately
50
days,
although
it
can
be
as
long
as
nine
months
(Tremolada
1991;
MJ
Alter
1992).
|
2004
Study:
Analysis
of a
hepatitis
C
screening
for
US
Veterans
Dept.
of
Preventive
Medicine,
HSC
Level
3,
Rm.
086,
SUNY
at
Stony
Brook,
School
of
Medicine,
Stony
Brook,
NY
11794-8036,
USA.
In
the
multivariate
model
developed...
service
during
the
Vietnam
era,
tattoo,
and
a
history
of
abnormal
liver
function
tests
were
independent
predictors
of
HCV
infection.
Our
data
support
considering
a
more
targeted
screening
approach
that
includes
five
of
the
11
risk
factors. |
|
12/11/04
Hospital
seeks
patients
exposed
to
hepatitis
C
By
The
Associated
Press
(12/11/04
- EL
PASO,
TX)
-
With
eight
cases
of
hepatitis
C
confirmed,
officials
at
Beaumont
Army
Medical
Center
are
looking
for
60
others
who
had
surgery |
12/8/2004
FDA
PRODUCT
RECALL
Red
Blood
Cells.
Recall
#
B-0189-5.
1636571,
1636572,
1636575.
RECALLING
FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Department
of
the
Army,
Madigan
Army
Medical
Center
,
Tacoma
, WA
, by
facsimile
dated
November
17,
2002
.
Firm
initiated
recall
is
complete.
REASON
Red
Cells,
incorrectly
tested
for
HIV/HCV
by
NAT,
were
distributed.
VOLUME
OF
PRODUCT
IN
COMMERCE
24
units.
DISTRIBUTION
WA.
|
|
2004
No
Evidence
of
Sexual
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
among
Monogamous
Couples:
Results
of a
10-Year
Prospective
Study
The
risk
of
sexual
transmission
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
was
evaluated
among
895
monogamous
heterosexual
partners
of
HCV
chronically
infected
individuals
in a
long-term
prospective
study,
which
provided
a
follow-up
period
of
8,060
person-years. |
Gloveless
Healthcare
Worker
Gives
Hepatitis
C to
5
Patients
Phlebotomy
Today
-Claiming
that
gloves
diminished
the
sense
of
touch
he
needed
for
his
work,
an
anesthesiology
technician
has
been
found
to
have
infected
five
hospital
patients
with
the
deadly
hepatitis
C
virus.
|
|
2004
Dialysis-linked
hepatitis
C
spread
alarming
About
2.2
percent
of
patients
who
underwent
dialysis
in
2001
were
infected
with
the
hepatitis
C
virus |
Fri
Dec
10,
Md.
Hepatitis
C
May
Be
From
Medical
Tests
By
KASEY
JONES,
Associated
Press
Writer
BALTIMORE
- A
company
that
makes
substances
used
in
some
common
medical
tests
has
suspended
operations
|
12/8/2004
FDA
PRODUCT
RECALL
Red
Blood
Cells.
Recall
#
B-0189-5.
1636571,
1636572,
1636575.
RECALLING
FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Department
of
the
Army,
Madigan
Army
Medical
Center
,
Tacoma
, WA
, by
facsimile
dated
November
17,
2002
.
Firm
initiated
recall
is
complete.
REASON
Red
Cells,
incorrectly
tested
for
HIV/HCV
by
NAT,
were
distributed.
VOLUME
OF
PRODUCT
IN
COMMERCE
24
units.
DISTRIBUTION
WA.Read
more:
False
results
with
NAT |
FDA
PRODUCT
RECALL
Red
Blood
Cells.
Recall
#
B-0188-5.
CODE
Units
1636581,
1636583,
1636573,
1636585,
1636587,
and
1636557.RECALLING
FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Department
of
the
Army,
Madigan
Army
Medical
Center
,
Tacoma
, WA
, by
facsimile
dated
November
17,
2002
.
Firm
initiated
recall
is
complete.
REASON
Red
Cells,
incorrectly
tested
for
HIV/HCV
by
NAT,
were
distributed.
VOLUME
OF
PRODUCT
IN
COMMERCE
6
units.
DISTRIBUTION
WA
Read
more:
False
results
with
NAT |
|
October
1,
2004
Fremont
hepatitis
suits
will
go
to
trial
in
Omaha
BY
ANGIE
BRUNKOW
WORLD-HERALD
STAFF
WRITER
"Nebraska
health
officials
have
linked
99
cases
of
hepatitis
C |
2004
Infection
Control
and
Hospital
Epidemiology,
(Vol.
25)
(No.
4)
284-290
Assessment
of a
novel
approach
to
evaluate
the
outcome
of
endoscope
reprocessing.
Department
of
Veterans
Affairs
Medical
Center...portable
luminometer
system
was
capable
of
detecting
microbial
and
cellular
contamination
of
flexible
endoscopes
following
high-level
disinfection
and
reprocessing.
|
|
September
24,
2004-Hospital:
Patients
May
Have
Been
Infected
By
Equipment
New
tests
show
a
number
of
patients
tested
positive
for
hepatitis
C |
September
11,
2004-
The
Oregonian-Hermiston
woman
sues
hospital,
Red
Cross
Saturday,
…claiming
she
contracted
hepatitis
C
after
receiving
a
blood
transfusion
during
an
operation
in
July
2002. |
|
Sept
2004
CA-
Medical
Clinic
Notifies
Patients
of
Possible
Hepatitis
Exposure
During
Exams…An
equipment
malfunction
at
Kaiser
Permanente
of
Redwood
City,
CA
may
have
exposed
2,116
patents
to
Hepatitis
C,
a
disease
which
attacks
the
liver.
From
Oct
30,
2003
to
May
3,
2004,
equipment
used
in
gastro-intestinal
exams
was
not
properly
sterilized |
September
13
2004
Hepatitis
B
Vaccine
May
Be
Linked
to
MS
By
Salynn
Boyles
WebMD
Medical
News
Reviewed
By
Brunilda
Nazario,
MD
on
Monday, |
Know
the
Myths
about
Hepatitis
C
Dr.
Ken
Eden
I
would
like
to
give
another
perspective
on
Hepatitis
C,
its
treatment,
the
need
for
"informed
consent"
in
discussing
treatment
options
with
patients,
and
why
the
makers
of
Hepatitis
C
drugs
have
discouraged
such
discussion.
|
August
2004
Digestive
Liver
Diseases
36(8):
547-50.
Laboratory
of
Epidemiology,
Reported
risk
factors
are
useless
in
detecting
HCV-positive
subjects
in
the
general
population.
Conclusions
Reported
risk
factors
are
useless
in
detecting
hepatitis
C
virus-positive
subjects
in
the
general
population |
|
08/04/04
Natural
History
of
Chronic
Hepatitis
C in
Patients
on
Hemodialysis
Hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
is
very
common
among
end-stage
kidney
disease
patients
on
hemodialysis,
but
its
natural
history
is
not
known.
|
Aug.
28,
2004
Last
cases
against
Palo
Alto
lab
worker
dismissed
Associated
Press
PALO
ALTO,
Calif.
-
Two
people
who
believe
they
were
infected
with
HIV
and
hepatitis
C by
a
lab
worker
who
reused
needles,
plan
to
appeal
…discovered
she
was
HIV-positive
after
Elaine
Giorgi
drew
her
blood
in
1997
and
1999.. |
*July
29,
2004
http://www.prweb.com/news/20040729/index.htm
NEW
-
Hepatitis
C
disinfectant
just
introduced
in
the
Salon
industry,
could
mean
the
end
of
O'L
BLUE!
Copy |
2004
55th
Annual
Meeting
of
the
American
Association
for
the
Study
of
Liver
Diseases-
David
Bernstein,
MD-
Hepatitis
C --
Current
State
of
the
Art
and
Future
Directions
CME-
-
Prevalence
and
Natural
History-
Trends
in
Hepatitis
C
Prevalence
in
the
United
States
-
...One
of
the
major
shortcomings
of
this
study
(NHANES
III
survey)
is
that
it reports
on
the
prevalence
of
the
hepatitis
C
antibody,
which
may
indicate
previous
exposure
or
active
disease.
This
study
does
not
report
on
disease
prevalence,
as
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
infection
is
defined
by
the
presence
of
hepatitis
C
viral
RNA
in
serum.
Only
148
of
the
15,079
participants
had
serum
available
for
hepatitis
C
viral
RNA
testing,
making
any
statements
regarding
disease
prevalence,
and
not
potential
exposure
to
the
disease,
invalid. |
|
July
17,
2004
Hepatitis
C
Outbreak
Adds
a
New
Woe
to
Drug
Centers
By
ALAN
FEUER
Published:
…
diagnosed
in
114
of
Palladia
Starhill's
400
patients. |
7-27-4
Report
Says
195,000
Deaths
Due
To
Hospital
Error
WASHINGTON
(Reuters)
--
As
many
as
195,000
people
a
year
could
be
dying
in
U.S.
hospitals
because
of
easily
prevented
errors,
a
company
said
on
Tuesday
in
an
estimate
that
doubles
previous
figures.
Lakewood,
Colorado-based
HealthGrades
Inc.
said
its
data
covers
all
50
states
and
is
more
up-to-date
than
a
1999
study
from
the
Institute
of
Medicine
that
said
98,000
people
a
year
die
from
medical
errors. |
|
7/2004
The
Patient
Protection
Office,
for
Madrid
Community,
has
opened
an
investigation
in
order
to
determine
how
7
cancer
patients
contracted
hepatitis
C
virus |
June
30,
2004
Federal
Judge
Dismisses
Civil
Case
Against
Maryland
General
Hospital
Promises
To
Comply
With
Industry
Standards |
|
June
27,
2004
The
New
York
Times
As
Doctors
Write
Prescriptions,
Drug
Companies
Write
Checks
By
GARDINER
HARRIS
...recently
reported
that
Schering
Plough
is
under
federal
and
state
investigation
for
payments
made
to
providers
to
encourage
them
to
treat
patients
with
Hepatitis
C.
Those
checks
and
others,
some
of
them
said
to
be
for
six-figure
sums,
are
under
investigation
by
federal
prosecutors
in
Boston...included
paying
doctors
large
sums
to
prescribe
its
drug
for
hepatitis
C
and
to
take
part
in
company-sponsored
clinical
trials
click
here |
June
27,
2004
MANHASSET'S
NORTH
SHORE
UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL
Unclean
record
of
disinfecting
BY
DAWN
MACKEEN
STAFF
WRITER
When
North
Shore
University
Hospital
admitted
earlier
…….
compromised
177
patients'
health
|
|
June
16,
2004
N.Y.
Patients
May
Have
Been
Exposed
to
HCV
The
Associated
Press |
2004
COURTHOUSE
- A
former
Montgomery
County
sheriff's
deputy
was
diagnosed
with
Hepatitis
C 18
months
ago
while
still
on
the
job.
And,
he
is
convinced
he
contracted
on
the
job. |
|
June
2004
Sunnybrook
faces
$220M
lawsuit
KAREN
PALMER
PUBLIC
HEALTH
REPORTER
revealed
that
more
than
800
men
were
potentially
exposed
to
blood-borne
diseases
during
routine
screening
tests |
June
2004
Eighth
hospital
discloses
instruments
not
disinfected
251
York
Central
outpatients
affected
Ear,
nose
and
throat
clinic
involved
GABE
GONDA
STAFF
REPORTER |
|
May
10
2004
Proc
Natl
Acad
Sci
U S
A.
2004
May
18;101(20):7705-10.
Epub
.Neutralizing
antibodies
to
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
in
immune
globulins
derived
from
anti-HCV-positive
plasma.
Gammagard,
prepared
from
plasma
from
which
units
containing
anti-HCV
had
been
excluded,
transmitted
HCV
to
recipients....
The
results
provide
an
explanation
for
the
mechanism
by
which
the
safety
of
this
product
was
compromised.
Click
here |
Comstock
RD,
Mallonee
S,
Fox
JL,
et
al.
A
large
nosocomial
outbreak
of
hepatitis
C
and
hepatitis
B
among
patients
receiving
pain
remediation
treatments.
Infect
Control
Hosp
Epidemiol
2004;25:576--83.
|
|
Parents'
Blood
May
Not
Be
as
Safe
as
Other
Donors
Mon
May
6,10:24
AM
ET
BALTIMORE
(Reuters
Health)
-
Surprisingly,
blood
donated
by
parents...
The
researchers
found
that
9 of
every
100
parents--or
about
8%--had
given
blood
that
was
unsafe
to
transfuse
into
their
children.
"That's
quite
high,"
Wong
said.
1853.1 |
May
20,
2004
Screening
for
infectious
diseases
now
required
The
Associated
Press
WASHINGTON
-
People
who
donate
sperm,
eggs
and
other
commonly
transplanted
tissues
will
have
to
be
screened
for
infectious
diseases
like
blood
donors
are,
under
long-awaited
federal
rules
announced
Thursday |
|
April
9,
2004
The
Japan
Times:
Dialysis-linked
hepatitis
C
spread
alarming-
About
2.2
percent
of
patients
who
underwent
dialysis
in
2001
were
infected
with
the
hepatitis
C
...
study
...
conducted
at
dialysis
facilities
nationwide.
...52,000
people
receiving
dialysis
...
tested
negative
for
hepatitis
C..
end
of
2000,
roughly
1,100
positive
2001.
...
survey
suggests
several
thousand
are
infected
each
year
with
hepatitis
C at
facilities.
Click
here |
2004
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Infection
in
United
States
Correctional
Institutions-
Frederick
L.
Altice,
MD
and
R.
Douglas
Bruce*,
MD
*Yale
University
School
of
Medicine
Epidemiology
of
HCV
in
Correctional
Settings….30%
of
all
released
prisoners
having
HCV
infection, |
|
2004
Assessment
of a
novel
approach
to
evaluate
the
outcome
of
endoscope
reprocessing.
The
portable
luminometer
system
was
capable
of
detecting
microbial
and
cellular
contamination
of
flexible
endoscopes
following
high-level
disinfection
and
reprocessing.
|
2037
Virus
Alert:
a
chairside
system
for
evaluation
of
the
risk
of
HCV
infection
G.
GAMBARINI,
Italy
Objective:
Cross-infection
in
dentistry
is a
serious
concern,
because
of
the
risk
of
contamination
of
materials,
instruments
and
dental
units.
|
|
July
2004
Int
Conf
AIDS.
Health
Canada,
Ottawa,
Canada
Comparison
of
the
effectiveness
of
bleach
in
preventing
the
transmission
of
HIV,
hepatitis
b,
and
hepatitis
C. |
|
|
April
4
2003-
Tattooing
a
Major
Route
of
Hepatitis
C
Infection,
UT
Southwestern
Researcher
Finds
Source:
UT
Southwestern
Medical
Center
DALLAS
-, -
Getting
a
tattoo
could
be a
key
infection
route
for
hepatitis
C, |
Apr
2,
2004
5-
Freeze-Drying
Can't
Remove
Virus
from
Tissue
Transplants
By
Karla
Gale
NEW
YORK
(Reuters
Health)
-
Freeze-drying
does
not
inactivate
viruses
from
bone
and
connective
tissue,
according
to
investigators
at
Michigan
State
University
in
East
Lansing,
suggesting
that
this
technique
does
not
improve
the
safety
of
tissue
used
for
transplants. |
|
OCCUPATIONAL
TRANSMISSION
OF
HIV
AND
HEPATITIS
C
VIRUS
AFTER
A
PUNCH.
Awareness
of
the
risk
of
occupational
transmission…
this
is
the
first
proven
case
of
….HCV
….that
occurred
as
the
result
of a
blow
with
the
fist. |
April
2,
2004
S.F.'s
homeless
with
HIV
plagued
by
hepatitis
C
virus
--
few
treated
Carl
T.
Hall,
Chronicle
Science
Writer
-
UCSF
and
San
Francisco
General
Hospital,
is
among
the
first
to
document
how
widespread
hepatitis
C
infections
have
become |
|
March
20,
2004
HIV
test
glitch
could
affect
thousands
BALTIMORE,
Maryland
(AP)
--
Thousands
of
patients
could
have
received
questionable
HIV
test
results
"Every
single
test
that
came
off
that
machine
should
be
in
question,
from
its
first
day
in
use,"--
click
here |
February
27,
2004
Science
Teens
require
surgery
after
piercing
infections
By
Emily
Nalven-...A
2002
study
of
454
university
students
found
that
half
had
piercings
and
a
quarter
had
tattoos.
Nearly
20
percent
of
those
who
had
piercings
reported
a
medical
complications
due
to
the
procedure.. |
2004
Hygiene
risk
for
dental
patients
Andrew
Denholm
political
correspondent
dental
….
risk
of
infection
from
blood
diseases
such
as
HIV
and
hepatitis
because
of
poor
standards
of
hygiene….calling
for
urgent
action
to
improve
basic
sterilization
techniques. |
Workbook
for
Designing,
Implementing,
and
Evaluating
a
Sharps
Injury
Prevention
Program.
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC),
Division
of
Healthcare
Quality
Promotion
(DHQP),
(2004,
February
12).
|
|
2003 |
|
Medical
&
Dental
Offices:
A
Guide
to
Compliance
with
OSHA
Standards.
OSHA
Publication
3187-09R,
(2003).
Also
available
as a
787
KB
PDF,
2
pages.
Provides
a
glimpse
of
the
most
frequently
found
hazards
in
medical
and
dental
offices. |
Disposal
of
Contaminated
Needles
and
Blood
Tube
Holders
Used
for
Phlebotomy.
OSHA
Safety
and
Health
Information
Bulletin
(SHIB),
(2003,
October
15).
Also
available
as a
37
KB
PDF,
4
pages.
OSHA
has
concluded
that
the
best
practice
for
prevention
of
needlestick
injuries
following
phlebotomy
procedures
is
the
use
of a
sharp
with
engineered
sharps
injury
protection
(SESIP),
(e.g.,
safety
needle),
attached
to
the
blood
tube
holder
and
the
immediate
disposal
of
the
entire
unit
after
each
patient's
blood
is
drawn |
|
Job
Safety
and
Health
Quarterly
(JSHQ).
(2001,
Summer),
4 MB
PDF*,
44
pages.
Fleming,
Susan.
"Preventing
Needlesticks."
Pages
12-13.
New
rules
affirm
the
need
for
safer
devices
to
protect
workers.
"Highlights
of
OSHA's
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard
Revision."
Page
41.
A
toolbox
discussion
of
the
revision
to
OSHA's
bloodborne
pathogens
standard.
|
Securing
Medical
Catheters.
OSHA
Fact
Sheet,
353
KB
PDF*,
2
pages. |
|
12/04/2003
12:00
AM
Jury
sides
with
hepatitis
C
victim
By
Guillermo
San
Antonio
Express-News
Contreras
Jury
finds
negligent
for
infecting
Deborah
Anderson,
who
received
a
series
of
permanent
coloring
touch-ups
to
her
lips
at
the
studio,
mostly
in
1999. |
December
13,
2003
Drug
Companies
Fund
Patient
Advocacy
Groups
Sydney
Morning
Herald,
December
13,
2003
" "Pharmaceutical
companies
are
pouring
millions
of
dollars
into
patient
advocacy
groups
....used
a
public
relations
firm
to
set
up
an
expert
medical
board
to
persuade
people
they
needed
hepatitis
A
and
B
vaccinations.
The
company
was
not
interested
in
raising
awareness
about
hepatitis
C
because
it
did
not
sell
a
vaccine
for
the
disease. |
|
11/22/2003
FedEx
worker
decries
handling
of
bloody
box
By
Todd
C.
Frankel
Post-Dispatch
The
body
parts
were
en
route
from
Donor
Referral
Services
in
Las
Vegas |
11/21/2003
Immigration
And
Disease:
It's
Enough
To
Make
You
Sick
By
Robert
Klein
Engler
2,200
illegal
aliens
daily
5
percent
in
TB
cases
in
the
state
between
2000
and
2001,
and
57
percent
of
the
increase
occurred
in
northern
Virginia
itself..
Tuberculosis,
five
years
ago,
was
almost
nonexistent
in
the
USA.
|
|
11/22/2003
VA’S
NATIONAL
HEPATITIS
C
PROGRAM-
Veterans
may
have
been
exposed
to
the
virus
through
a
bleeding
wound,
needle
injury,
intravenous
drug
use,
tattoos,
intranasal
cocaine
use
or
through
vaccinating
air
guns,
that
might
well
have
inadvertently
spread
droplets
of
blood
from
one
person
to
another.
|
Model
Plans
and
Programs
for
the
OSHA
Bloodborne
Pathogens
and
Hazard
Communications
Standards.
OSHA
Publication
3186-06N,
(2003).
Also
available
as a
521
KB
PDF,
29
pages.
Includes
a
model
exposure
control
plan
that
meets
the
requirements
of
the
OSHA
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard
and
can
be
tailored
to
meet
the
specific
requirements
for
an
establishment.
|
|
2003
RCMP
Blood
Task
Force
lays
Criminal
Charges…
criminal
negligence
causing
bodily
harm…
The
Armour
Pharmaceutical
….
Delaware
Corporation,
..
with
three
counts
of
criminal
negligence
causing
bodily
harm
and
one
count
of
common
nuisance
by
endangering
the
public
under
the
Criminal
Code
of
Canada,
as
well
as
one
count
of
failure
to
notify
under
the
Food
and
Drugs
Act
Regulations. |
October
27,
2003
Dallas
Morning
News
Soldier
contracts
Sporadic
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease
(the
human
form
of
Mad
Cow
Disease)-was
it
From
the
fetal
calf
serum
used
in
vaccines?
...
"In
2001,
certain
vaccine
manufacturers
admitted
that
they
were
using
fetal
calf
serum
...
at
high
risk
for
mad
cow
disease,
in
spite
of
years
of
warnings
from
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration.
The
vaccines
include
those
to
prevent
polio,
diphtheria,
tetanus
and
anthrax." |
Oct.
13,
2003
Risk
of
HCV-Infected
Allografts
"Serious
Public
Health
Threat"
Peggy
Peck
(San
Diego)
—
Limitations
in
donor
screening
combined
with
outmoded
donor
tissue
sterilization
procedures
suggest
that
about
300
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)-infected
musculoskeletal
tissue
specimens
are
distributed
by
U.S.
tissue
procurement
centers
each
year. |
September
26,
2003
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
B
and
C
Viruses
in
Outpatient
Settings-
New
York,
Oklahoma,
and
Nebraska,
2000
-
2002
MMWR
(Mortality
&
Morbidity
Weekly)
CDC,
September
26,
2003
/
52(38);901-906--investigation
of
each
outbreak
suggested
that
unsafe
injection
practices,
primarily
reuse
of
syringes
and
needles
or
contamination
of
multiple-dose
medication
vials,
led
to
patient-to-patient
transmission.
|
|
9/2003
Mount
Pleasant
by
Stacey
Range
Randy
Vallad
didn't
know
what
prison
doctors
did.
At
least
not
until
he
accidentally
saw
one
line
at
the
bottom
of a
sheet
in
his
prison
medical
records:
"Hepatitis
C -
Positive."
turns
out
the
43-year-old
from
Mount
Pleasant
had
tested
positive
not
once
but
four
times
between
September
1998
and
June
2001
while
imprisoned
for
running
from
police.
….convinced
she
contracted
the
virus
from
Vallad
during
his
parole.
|
September
12,
2003
PRODUCT
Source
Plasma.
Recall
#
B-0264-5.
RECALLING
FIRM/MANUFACTURER
Aventis
Bio-Services,
Inc.,
Davenport
, IA
, by
letter
dated
September
12,
2003
.
Firm
initiated
recall
is
complete.
REASON
Source
Plasma,
collected
from
a
donor
who
had
a
tattoo
applied
within
12
months
of
donation,
was
distributed. |
|
Ann
Ig.
2003
Sep-Oct;15(5):685-91
An
outbreak
of
hepatitis
C
virus
in a
haemodialysis
unit:
molecular
evidence
of
patient-to-patient
transmission |
8/2003
Associated
Press
Lab
glitch
produces
false
blood
test
results
FARGO
-
A
laboratory
glitch
was
to
blame
for
blood
test
results
that
falsely
indicated
about
40
area
donors
were
infected
with
HIV
or
hepatitis
C,
United
Blood
Services
officials
say.
click
here
Read
more:
False
results
with
NAT |
|
July/August
2003,ADULT
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE
NOTES
Volume
14,
Number
4:
192
Nosocomial
transmission
of
bloodborne
viruses
from
infected
health
care
workers
to
patients-
B
Lynn
Johnston
MD1,
John
M
Conly
MD2-
The
risks
to
health
care
workers
(HCWs)
of
occupationally-acquired
infection
....
Evidence
..suggests
that
the
risk
of
infection
is
increased
where
the
level
of
viremia
is
high,
Click
here |
June,
2003
Key
measures
still
overlooked
in
endoscope
reprocessing
-
Viewpoint
Healthcare
Purchasing
News,
unpleasant
episodes,
ranging
from
tuberculosis
and
hepatitis
C
transmission
have
been
reported
for
years. |
|
June
25,
2002
Ford
Hospital
warns
patients
about
hepatitis
Testing
instruments
possibly
contaminated
BY
PATRICIA
ANSTETT
AND
HUYI
JIN
ELIZABETH
KIMFREE
PRESS
MEDICAL
WRITERSHenry
Ford
Hospital
in
Detroit
is
warning
268
patients
who
underwent
a
common
sinus,
nose
and
throat
test
to
be
evaluated
for
hepatitis
B
and
C
infections
|
2003
TRANSMISSION
OF
HEPATITIS
C
VIRUS
FROM
A
PATIENT
TO
AN
ANESTHESIOLOGY
ASSISTANT
TO
FIVE
PATIENTS
Breaches
of
infection
control
are
therefore
associated
with
a
high
risk
of
the
transmission
of
blood-borne
pathogens. |
|
06/20/03
Rep.
Jackson
Lee
Praised
for
Seeking
GAO
Probe
of
Hepatitis
C |
June
2,
2003--Lieff
Cabraser
Announces
Filing
of
Claims
In
U.S.
District
Court
On
Behalf
Of
Hemophiliacs
Abroad
Infected
With
HIV
And/Or
HCV
Due
To
Virus
Contaminated
Blood
Products
complaint
alleges
that
these
companies
intentionally
sold
blood
factor
that
they
knew
or
should
have
known
to
be
infected
with
the
agents
that
cause
AIDS
and
HCV.
"This
is a
worldwide
tragedy," |
|
2003
Kaiser
patients
at
risk
for
hepatitis
They're
advised
to
have
a
precautionary'
test
By
Nicole
Neroulias,
STAFF
WRITER
REDWOOD
CITY
-- A
faulty
disinfection
process
might
have
exposed
more
than
2,100
Kaiser
Permanente
Medical
Center
patients
to
hepatitis
|
April
11,
2003
Red
Cross
Agrees
to
Fines
for
Safety
Violations
By
Todd
Zwillich
WASHINGTON
(Reuters
Health)
-
The
American
Red
Cross
could
face
substantial
fines
for
future
lapses
in
blood
safety
practices |
April
10,
2003
Theory
Links
Hepatitis
C
to
Polio
Syringes
in
Italy
Thu
02:41
PM
ET
By
Rossella
Lorenzi
FLORENCE,
Italy
(Reuters
Health)
-
Poorly
cleaned
glass
syringes
used
to
administer
the
polio
vaccine
in
the
1950s
and
60s
could
have
spread
the
hepatitis
C
virus
from
person
to
person
in
southern
Italy,
researches
from
Italy's
National
Cancer
Institute
suggested
this
week.
|
2003
100
women
at
risk
after
GP
blunder
by
Camillo
Fracassini
and
Sue
Leonard
UP
TO
100
women
have
been
put
at
risk
of
contracting
HIV
and
hepatitis
after
they
were
given
cervical
smear
tests
using
unsterilised
equipment. |
February
25,
2003
“I
don’t
feel
the
training
I
received
was
insufficient,
closed
last
week
after
an
internal
audit. SUSAN
TOM
Statesman
Journal
Documents
show
…
failing
to
take
adequate
steps
to
prevent
contamination
of
the
blood
…
during
collection;
failing
to
ensure
…
donor
is
..
failure
to
maintain
…
records;
and
failure
….
freezer’s
temperature
recorder
against
a
thermometer. |
|
|
2003
UNIVERSITY
OF
MARYLAND
SCHOOL
OF
MEDICINE
STUDY
LINKS
HEPATITIS
C
SPREAD
IN
EGYPT
TO
INJECTION
CAMPAIGNS
Researchers
...
concluded
that
a
high
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
infection
in
Egypt
can
be
traced
to
mass
treatment
campaigns
...hepatitis
C
virus
was
transmitted
through
the
contamination
of
reusable
needles
and
syringes...
|
2003
Patients
were
exposed
to a
potentially
life-threatening
disease
after
being
injected
with
a
used
needle.
A
former
nurse
anesthetist
at
Norman
Regional
hospital
is
to
blame.
In
all,
80
patients
were
infected
with
Hepatitis
"C" |
|
2/8/2003
2
Docs
Spurn
Hepatitis
C
Test...Draft
report
cites
St.
Francis
surgeons-Twol
heart
surgeons
refused
to
be
tested
for
hepatitis
C,
despite
a
request
by
state
officials
investigating
the
source
of
the
disease
in
one
of
their
patients...
cardiothoracic/vascular
surgery
at
the
Roslyn
hospital,
Dr.
Paul
S.
Damus,
nor
his
assistant
surgeon
agreed
to
be
tested...St.
Francis
Hospita...also
called
The
Heart
Center
|
Krause G, Trepka MJ, Whisenhunt RS, et al. Noscomial transmission of hepatitis C virus associated with the use of multidose saline vials. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2003;24:122--7.
|
|
H.R.73.IH
the
Comprehensive
Hepatitis
C
Health
Care
Act
was
introduced
on
January
7,
2003
Sec.
1720F.
Hepatitis
C
testing
and
treatment
...
(A)
each
veteran
who
served
in
the
active
military,
naval,
or
air
service
during
the
Vietnam
era
or
who
is
considered
to
be
`at
risk,' |
.
Exposure
to
Blood:
What
Healthcare
Personnel
Need
to
Know.
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC),
National
Center
for
Infectious
Diseases,
(2003,
July),
363
KB
PDF,
10
pages |
|
2003
Wicomico
investigate
backboard
sanitation
allegations
against
PRMC
By
Deborah
Gates
Daily
Times
Staff
Writer
SALISBURY
--
Maryland
…returning
unsanitized
ambulance
equipment
to
crews
that
transport
patients
to
the
hospital. |
2003
Gaps
HCV
Testing
&
Care
in
VA
System
"Testing,
Referral,
and
Treatment
Patterns
for
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Coinfection
in a
Cohort
of
Veterans
with
Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus
Infection"
Excerpts
from:
Clinical
Infectious
Diseases;36:1039-1046
"In
the
VA
system
HIV
care
providers
are
not
testing
all
their
patients
for
HCV….. |
|
2002 |
| |
|
|
Biomedical
waste
handler
jailed
By
BILL
TORPY
The
Atlanta
Journal-Constitution
|
March
28,
2002
Doctor
Called
Likely
Source
of
Hepatitis
in
Patients-By
BRUCE
LAMBERT
State
health
officials
said
yesterday
that
they
planned
to
track
down
and
urge
testing
of
up
to
3,000
patients
who
may
have
been
exposed
to
potentially
fatal
hepatitis
while
undergoing
operations
by
an
infected
cardiac
surgeon
on
Long
Island.
|
|
FYI-A
federal
inspection
of a
Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals
plant
NEWARK,
N.J.(AP)
A
federal
inspection
of a
Wyeth
Pharmaceuticals
…
numerous
quality-control
..The
Star-Ledger
of
Newark
reported
Sunday.
The
Food
and
Drug
Administration
report
detailed
sloppy
operating
procedures,
dirty
work
areas
and
instances
of
contamination
at a
New
York
plant. |
Recommendations
for
Preventing
Transmission
of
Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus
and
Hepatitis
B
Virus
to
Patients
During
Exposure-Prone
Invasive
Procedures
Exposure-Prone
Procedures
…Despite
adherence
to
the
principles
of
universal
precautions,
certain
invasive
surgical
and
dental
procedures
have
been
implicated
in
the
transmission
four
hospitals,
one
or
more
percutaneous
injuries
occurred
among
surgical
personnel
during
96
(6.9%)
of
1,382
operative
procedures |
|
December
30
2002
Risky
blood
collection
allegations
By
Gerard
Ryle
A
Federal
Government
inquiry..
told
that
its
own
Health
Department
may
have
allowed
blood
plasma
to
be
collected
from
drug
addicts,
prostitutes
and
criminals.
The
Red
Cross
and
the
Health
Department
.....
followed
the
lead
of
the
United
States'
Food
and
Drug
Administration
in
allowing
hepatitis
C-infected
plasma
to
be
collected |
December
30,
2002
Gov't:
Red
Cross
Did
Not
Probe
WASHINGTON
-
The
American
Red
Cross
received
reports
that
134
people,
including
one
who
died,
got
hepatitis
B
after
blood
transfusions,
….latest
in a
series
of
revelations
about
safety
violations
that
have
plagued
the
Red
Cross
for
more
than
10
years.....And
some
Red
Cross
employees
were
told
to
skip
safety
steps
or
falsify
records
to
allow
infected
blood
to
be
released.
Despite
years
of
violations,
the
Red
Cross
has
insisted
things
can't
be
that
bad
because
not
many
people
are
getting
sick
from
transfusions.
|
| |
September
2002,
HCV
Transmission
in a
Hematology/Oncology
Clinic
-
Nebraska
In a
gastroenterologist
reported
..
All
of
these
patients
had
received
chemotherapy
at
the
same
..
clinic.
..all
were
genotype
3a,
Click
here |
|
December
27,
2002
Surgeon
told
hospital
he
had
hepatitis
C in
1995
By
Roni
Rabin
STAFF
WRITER
Ever
since
reports
revealed
that
a
prominent
Manhasset
heart
surgeon-
Michael
H.
Hall-
had
inadvertently
transmitted
hepatitis
C to
several
patients
over
the
past
10
years |
2002;34(8):580-2.
Nosocomial
transmission
of
HCV
in a
cardiology
ward
during
the
window
phase
of
infection:
an
epidemiological
and
molecular
investigation.
|
|
November
20,
2002
Reviving
an
old
technology
for
large-scale
vaccination
Tuesday
By
Christopher
Snowbeck,
Post-Gazette
Staff
Writer
possible
for
blood
to
be
drawn
back
into
the
nozzle,"
said
Linda
D'Antonio
(Note:
jetguns) |
9/18/02
NEW
YORK
(Reuters
Health)
One
in
ten
veterans
in
New
York
City
area
infected
with
HCV
NEW
YORK
(Reuters
Health,
9/18/02)
-
The
prevalence
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
among
military
veterans
in
the
New
York
City
metropolitan
area
is
10.6%, |
Sept 2002, a gastroenterologist reported four patients with recently diagnosed HCV infection medication infusions routinely used the same syringe to draw blood from patients' central venous catheters and to draw catheter-flushing solution from 500-cc saline bags that were used for multiple patients....486 (79%) underwent HCV testing; 99 patients with clinic-acquired HCV infection.......Click Here
|
August
2002,
the
Oklahoma
State
Department
of
Health
(OSDH)
six
patients
with
suspected
acute
HCV
infection
who
had
received
treatment
from
the
same
pain
remediation
clinic....through
heparin
locks...connected
directly
to
intravenous
cannulas
$99,000
fine
After
June
2002,
no
evidence
of
HBV
or
HCV
transmission
associated
with
receiving
treatment
at
the
clinic
was
found.
click
here |
|
July
20
Hepatitis
C a
Greater
Threat
to
Healthcare
Workers
Than
HIV
ATLANTA
(Reuters
Health)
-
The
risk
that
healthcare
workers
will
become
infected
with
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
following
an
accidental
needlestick
is
20
to
40
times
greater
than
their
risk
of
HIV
infection
Click
here |
Risk
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Transmission
From
an
Infected
Gynecologist
to
Patients:
Results
of a
7-Year
Retrospective
Investigation
Ross
et
al.
Arch
Intern
Med
2002;162:805-810.
ABSTRACT
|
FULL
TEXT
|
|
CDC
2002
Sterilization
or
Disinfection
of
Medical
Devices |
|
|
05/02
HEPATITIS
C -
TRANSMISSION
BY
TOOTHBRUSHES:
A
MYTH
OR A
REAL
POSSIBILITY?
...contamination
with
HCV-RNA
can
be
detected
at a
large
portion
of
toothbrushes
used
by
hep.
C
patients. |
In
2002,
Ford
Hospital
warned
patients
about
hepatitis
Testing
instruments
possibly
contaminated
The
case
carrying
the
sterilized
ear,
nose
and
Throat
scope,
transmitted
the
virus.
|
Additional
Documentation
Non-Drug
Related
Transmission
of Hepatitis
C Virus
1991-2001
|
2001 |
|
Updated
U.S.
Public
Health
Service
Guidelines
for
HBV,
HCV,
and
HIV.
(6/2001)
|
|
|
September
2001
Don't
Reuse
Single-Use
Medication
Vials
-Source:
Healthcare
Hazard
Management
Monitor
-Improper
medication
practices
in
15
patients
in a
hemodialysis
center
over
a
five-week
period
were
associated
with
inappropriate
use
of
single-use
medication
vials...often
pooled
residual
medications
to
avoid
waste...The
U.S.
Food
and
Drug
Administration,
in
conjunction
with
the
drug
manufacturer,
issued
an
advisory
to
hemodialysis
centers... |
Personnel-to-Patient
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus:
Underestimation
of
Exposure
Rieger
et
al.Arch
Intern
Med
2001;161:1017-1018.
FULL
TEXT
|
|
2001
HBV
and
HCV
Transmission
in a
Pain
Remediation
Clinic
---
Oklahoma
In
August
2002,
the
Oklahoma
State
Department
of
Health
(OSDH)
was
informed
of
six
patients
with
suspected
acute
HCV
infection
who
had
received
treatment
from
the
same
pain
remediation
clinic.
908
patients
attending
the
clinic.
A
total
of
69
HCV
Click
Here
|
May
2001
HCV
Transmission
in a
Private
Physician's
Office
---
New
York
City
....seven
patients
who
had
acute
HCV
infections
after
undergoing
endoscopic
procedures...Among
61...12
acute
HCV
cases
was
identified....However,
the
investigation
revealed
inappropriate
infection-control
and
injection
practices,
which
indicated
that
the
probable
route
of
transmission
was
contamination
of
multiple-dose
anesthesia
medication
vials.
Click
Here |
Monday
7
May
2001
Women
contract
hepatitis
C in
surgery
By
BRETT
FOLEY
MEDICAL
REPORTER
"...control
guidelines
are
to
be
toughened
after
two
women
contracted
hepatitis
C
during
routine
surgery...during
arthroscopy
and
colonoscopy
operations
at
separate
hospitals" |
April
4,
2001
Hepatitis
C
Infection
Control:Issues
and
Answers
for
Health
Care
Workers
http://www.hivdent.org/infctl/hepatiti.htm
Tattooing
A
Major
Route
Of
Hepatitis
C
Infection
DALLAS,
TX
--
The
study
found
that
people
who
had
received
a
tattoo
in a
commercial
tattoo
parlor
were
nine
times
more
likely
to
be
infected
with
hepatitis
C
than
people
who
did
not
have
a
tattoo. |
May
2001
HCV
Transmission
in a
Private
Physician's
Office
-
New
York
City
...a
physician
notified
the
New
York
City
Department
of
Health
(NYCDOH)
of
seven
patients
who
had
acute
HCV
infections
after
undergoing
endoscopic
procedures
at
the
same
office
in
March
2001.
Click
here
|
2001
Hepatitis
C
Survives
Treatment
with
Commercial
Sterilants
and
Disinfectants
http://hcvets.com/data/transmission_methods/Sterilants_
Disinfectants.htm
SAFETEC
SANIZIDE
PLUSTM |
|
December
2001,
HBV
Transmission
in a
Private
Physician's
Office
---
New
York
City...
visited
the
office
of
the
same
physician..
preliminary
investigation
by
NYCDOH
identified
19
additional
cases...retrospective
cohort
study
...among
the
275
patients
..
Of
91
patients
...
18
were
infected.
Among
67
patients
who
received
at
least
one
injection,
18
(27%)
...compared
with
none
who
received
no
injections
click
here |
Risk
of
HIV
and
Other
Blood-Borne
Infections
in
the
Cardiac
Setting:
Patient-to-Provider
and
Provider-to-Patient
Transmission
PURO
et
al.
Annals
NYAS
Online
2001;946:291-309.
ABSTRACT
|
FULL
TEXT
|
|
2000 |
|
American
Journal
of
Industrial
Medicine...16,000
hepatitis
C,
66,000
hepatitis
B
and
1,000
HIV
infections
may
have
occurred
in
2000
worldwide
among
healthcare
workers
due
to
their
occupational
exposure
to
injuries... |
A
Proposed
National
Policy
on
Health
Care
Workers
Living
With
HIV/AIDS
and
Other
Blood-Borne
Pathogens
Gostin
JAMA
2000;284:1965-1970.ABSTRACT
|
FULL
TEXT
|
Brief
Report:
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
from
a
Patient
to
an
Anesthesiology
Assistant
to
Five
Patients
NEJM
Volume
343(25),
21
December
2000,
pp
1851-1854 |
|
|
Mar
2000
Am J
Gastroenterol.;95(3):740-7.
Comment
in:
Am J
Gastroenterol.
2000
Mar;95(3):582-3.
Epidemiology
of
hepatitis
C
virus
infection
in
American
veterans....
We
found
the
epidemiology
of
hepatitis
C
infection
was
different
in
the
veteran
population
when
compared
to
other
published
data
on
nonveterans.
Hepatitis
C
infection
was
much
more
common
among
veteran,
within
a
very
narrow
age
distribution |
Dec
2000.....Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
from
a
Patient
to
an
Anesthesiology
Assistant
to
Five
Patients.
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/343/25/1851
|
Gloveless Healthcare Worker Gives Hepatitis C to 5 Patients Phlebotomy Today- Claiming that gloves diminished the sense of touch he needed for his work, an anesthesiology technician has been found to have infected five hospital patients... researchers blamed the technician after DNA studies confirmed that the virus acquired by the five patients was identical to that carried by the technician
|
Hepatitis
C
Virus
Transmission
in a
Pediatric
Oncology
Ward
...
...
anesthesiology
assistant,
who
contracted
infection
from
a
patient,
transmitted
the
virus
to 6
...
period
before
falling
ill
from
acute
hepatitis
C
(Ross
et
al
... |
|
Mar;20,
2000
Hand
Contamination
with
Hepatitis
C
Virus
in
Staff
Looking
after
Hepatitis
C-Positive
Hemodialysis
Patients.
Am J
Nephrol
2000
(2):103-106
Alfurayh
O,
et.al-
Department
of
Medicine,
The
hands
of
dialysis
personnel
are
therefore
a
potential
mode
for
facilitating
transmission
of
HCV
between
HD
patients.
click
here |
Friday
31
March
2000
ISSUE
1771
Hepatitis
alert
as
doctors
infect
surgery
patients
By
Celia
Hall,
Medical
Editor
ABOUT
4,500
patients
who
have
undergone
surgery
in
hospitals
across
England
and
Wales
were
told
yesterday
that
they
may
have
been
infected
with
hepatitis
C. |
|
Risk
of
Hepatitis
C
Transmission
From
Infected
Medical
Staff
to
Patients
Model-Based
Calculations
for
Surgical
Settings
R.
Stefan
Ross,
MD;
Sergei
Viazov,
PhD;
Michael
Roggendorf,
MD
Arch
Intern
Med.
2000;160:2313-2316.
|
HCV
Transmitted
to
Five
Patients
in
Miami
Hospital
By
Harvey
S.
Bartnof,
MD
Five
persons
became
infected
with
HCV
(*
hepatitis
C
virus)
in a
Miami
hospital,
according
to
Dr.
Gerald
Krause,
MD,
...reported
the
findings
at
the
recent
International
Conference
on
Nosocomial
(hospital-acquired)
Infections
...The
only
potential
common
source
was
saline
(salt
water)
drawn
from
a
multiple-dose
vial
that
was
shared
by
health
professionals
on
the
same
ward.
|
|
1999 |
|
Preventing
Needlestick
Injuries
in
Health
Care
Settings.
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(DHHS),
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
(NIOSH)
Publication
No.
2000-108
(Alert),
(1999,
November).
NIOSH
warns
that
health
care
workers
who
use
or
may
be
exposed
to
needles
are
at
increased
risk
of
needlestick
injury. |
|
|
Hepatology,
January
1999,
p.
299-300,
Vol.
29,
No.
1
Correspondence
To
the
Editor:
In
their
interesting
review,
Heintges
and
Wands1
wrote:
"...
HCV-RNA
was
detectable
in
more
than
one-half
of
the
intramuscular
preparations
of
immunoglobulins.
Thus,
patients
with
immunoglobulin
deficiency
and
who
received
such
prophylactic
antibody
preparations
frequently
developed
chronic
HCV
infection."
|
*October
1999
Safety
and
availability
of
immunoglobulin
replacement
therapy
in
relation
to
potentially
transmissable
agents
Clinical
&
Experimental
Immunology
Volume
118
Issue
s1
Page
29 -
...
However,
the
role
of
partitioning
of
viruses
......As
Cohn–Oncley
fractionation
is
not
sufficient
to
remove
lipid-coated
viruses,
additional
antiviral
inactivation
steps
are
required. |
1999 Bull World Health Organ. ;77(10):789-800.Unsafe injections in the developing world and transmission of bloodborne pathogens: a review.Simonsen L, Kane A, Lloyd J, Zaffran M, Kane M.World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. Unsafe injections are suspected to occur routinely...to quantify the prevalence ..and to assess the disease burden of bloodborne infections ... unsafe injections (defined as the reuse of syringe or needle between patients without sterilization)...This situation needs to be addressed immediately, as a political and policy issue, with responsibilities clearly defined at the global, country and community levels...Such practices account for a significant number of hepatitis B and C infections.
|
CDC.
Recommendations
for
prevention
and
control
of
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
infection
and
HCV-related
chronic
disease.
MMWR
1998;47(No.
RR-19).
http://cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00055154.htm
|
|
High
risk
of
non-A
non-B
hepatitis
after
a
first
exposure
to
volunteer
or
commercial
clotting
factor
concentrates:
effects
of
prophylactic
immune
serum
globulin.
Kernoff
PB,
Lee
CA,
Karayiannis
P,
Thomas
HC.
9/9
British
patients
treated
with
U.S.A.-derived
commercial
products,
and
10/12
treated
with
British
volunteer
(NHS)
products,
developed
acute
non-A,
non-B
(NANB)
hepatitis.
Hepatitis
following
commercial
products
...by
administration
of
U.S.A.-derived
commercial
immune
serum
globulin
(ISG).
|
Hamid
SS,
Farooqui
B,
Rizvi
Q,
Sultana
T,
Siddiqui
AA.
Risk
of
transmission
and
features
of
hepatitis
C
after
needlestick
injuries.
Infect
Control
Hosp
Epidemiol.
1999;20:63–64.
doi:
10.1086/501547.
[PubMed] |
|
February
24,
1999
Opening
Statement
by
Michael
Galster:
Conference
on
Contaminated
Prison
Plasma
National
Press
Club,
Washington
D.C.
Michael
Galster
…We
ask
that
they
bring
those
people
forward
to
answer
for
their
involvement
in
this
crime
against
humanity. |
(1998-1999)
Manufacturer
discontinuation
of
large
multi-dose
vials
for
yellow
fever,
meningococcal,
and
tetanus-diphtheria
vaccines
because
of
military
withdrawal
of
Ped-O-Jets®
JETGUN
capable
of
using
them
(MMQC-99-1248
dated
1998-Nov-03
and
MMQC-99-1251
dated
1999-Aug-12).
|
|
Selecting,
Evaluating,
and
Using
Sharps
Disposal
Containers.
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(DHHS),
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
(NIOSH)
Publication
No.
97-111,
(1998,
January).
Presents
a
comprehensive
framework
for
selecting
sharps
disposal
containers
and
evaluating
their
efficacy
as
part
of
an
overall
needlestick
injury
prevention
plan,
reviews
the
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Administration
(OSHA)
bloodborne
pathogens
standard
and
recommends
containers
on
the
basis
of a
site-specific
hazard
analysis,
and
establishes
criteria
and
provides
tools
for
evaluating
the
performance
of
sharps
disposal
containers. |
What
Every
Worker
Should
Know:
How
to
Protect
Yourself
From
Needlestick
Injuries.
US
Department
of
Health
and
Human
Services
(DHHS),
National
Institute
for
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
(NIOSH)
Publication
No.
2000-135,
(1997,
July).
Discusses
pathogens
that
pose
the
most
serious
health
risks |
|
|
Hamid
SS,
Farooqui
B,
Rizvi
Q,
Sultana
T,
Siddiqui
AA.
Risk
of
transmission
and
features
of
hepatitis
C
after
needlestick
injuries.
Infect
Control
Hosp
Epidemiol
1999;20:63-4
|
March
5,
1998
The
newly
appointed
surgeon
general,
David
Satcher,
speaks
to
the
House
subcommittee
"We
know
that
many
Americans
infected
...unaware
that
they
have
the
disease,"
"Many
with
hepatitis
C
virus
have
no
reason
to
believe
they
are
infected,"
Koop
said.
"Many
of
those
at
high
risk
are
average
people
--
middle-aged
housewives
who
had
a
cesarean
section
delivery,
young
adults
who
had
transfusions
as
high-risk
babies
or
middle-aged
men
who
served
in
Vietnam."
|
October
27,
1998
NEEDLE
SAFETY
IS
TOPIC
OF
ARTICLES
PUBLISHED
IN
THE
SAN
FRANCISCO
CHRONICLE
Two
3-part
series
of
articles
on
needle
safety
were
published
in
1998
by
the
San
Francisco
Chronicle.
The
first
series,
"Deadly
Needles,"
caught
the
attention
of
readers
by
claiming
that
"one
million
health
care
workers
each
year
are
injured
by
needle
sticks
-
|
Jan
17,
1998
Contamination
of
doctors'
and
nurses'
pens
with
nosocomial
pathogens.
Lancet.
1998
Jan
17;351(9097):213.
No
abstract
available.
PMID:
9449890;
UI:
98111543. |
New
1998
Hepatitis
C
From
Mosquito
Bites?
Come
on!
found
that
up
to
16%
of
the
mosquitoes
carried
the
antibody
to
hepatitis
C.
This
suggests
that
the
mosquitoes
had
bitten
someone
with
hepatitis
C. |
|
7
Patients
Acquire
HCV
at
US
Hemodialysis
Center
By
Harvey
S.
Bartnof,
MD-
CDC
reports
that
seven
patients
likely
acquired
HCV
(hepatitis
C
virus)
from
a US
hemodialysis
(blood
filtering)
center.
Suzanne
Cotter,
MD,
from
the
CDC
(Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention)
was
the
lead
author.
The
cluster
acquired
HCV
during
the
period
from
September
1997
and
October
1998. |
Study
blames
technician
for
hepatitis
in
patients-
The
Associated
Press
-
Cdn.
Liver
Foundation-
NEW
YORK
-- A
medical
technician
with
a
cut
on
his
finger
accidentally
infected
five
hospital
patients
with
the
dangerous
hepatitis
C
virus
in
the
first
documented
case
of
its
kind,
German
researchers
say.
|
|
1998 |
|
Nelsing
S,
Nielsen
TL,
Nielsen
JO.
Noncompliance
with
universal
precautions
and
the
associated
risk
of
mucocutaneous
blood
exposure
among
Danish
physicians.
Infect
Control
Hosp
Epidemiol.
1997;18:692–698.
[PubMed] |
May
1998
Current
Opinion
in
Psychiatry
-
Fulltext:
Volume
11(3)p
Discarded
needles
do
not
increase
soon
after
the
opening
of a
needle
exchange
...
HIV
infection
risk
behaviours
and
methadone
treatment:
client-reported
HIV |
|
*July
24,
1997
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine
Patient-to-Volume
337:237-240
Patient
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
during
Colonoscopy |
Michalsen
A,
Delclos
GL,
Felknor
SA,
Davidson
AL,
Johnson
PC,
Vesley
D,
Murphy
LR,
Kelen
GD,
Gershon
RR.
Compliance
with
universal
precautions
among
physicians.
J
Occup
Environ
Med.
1997;39:130–137.
doi:
10.1097/00043764-199702000-00010.
[PubMed] |
|
1997 |
|
1997
Genetic
and
Serological
Evidence
for
Multiple
Instances
of
Unrecognized
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
in
Hemodialysis
Units
jcm.asm.org/cgi/content/full/36/10/2926
|
July
20
Hepatitis
C a
Greater
Threat
to
Healthcare
Workers
Than
HIV
ATLANTA
(Reuters
Health)
- The
risk
that
healthcare
workers
will
become
infected
with
hepatitis
C
virus
(HCV)
following
an
accidental
needlestick
is
20
to
40
times
greater
than
their
risk
of
HIV
infection,
according
to
data
presented
here
at
the
International
Conference
on
Emerging
Infectious
Disease.
click
here |
|
1997
NATIONAL
INSTITUTE
OF
HEALTH
CONSENSUS
CONFERENCE,
held
from
March
24-26,
in
Bethesda
Maryland.
Hospitalized
patients
may
serve
as a
reservoir
for
transmission;
the
prevalence
of
anti-HCV
among
such
patients
has
been
reported
to
range
from
2%
to
18%
http://www.hepnet.com/nih/malter.html |
1997
Risk
of a
Haircut
Letter
to
the
editor
from
the
Annals
of
Internal
Medicine,
Vol.
126:5,
1
March,
pg.
410-411.
The
antiseptic
fluids
used
to
clean
the
razor
did
not
destroy
the
viral
RNA.
We
wonder
whether
the
routine
male
haircut
may
be a
risk
factor
for
HCV
infection.Norman
Gitlin,
MD;
Frederick
S
Nolte,
MD;
Michael
Weiss,
MD
Emory
University
School
of
Medicine,
Atlanta
GA
30322 |
|
Evaluation
of
Blunt
Suture
Needles
in
Preventing
Percutaneous
Injuries
Among
Health-Care
Workers
During
Gynecologic
Surgical
Procedures;
New
York
City,
March
1993-June
1994.
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC),
Morbidity
and
Mortality
Weekly
Report
(MMWR)
46(02);25-29,
(1997,
January
17).
Identifies
the
effectiveness
of
blunt
needles
in
reducing
percutaneous
injuries
(PIs)
and
suggests
that
they
should
be
considered
for
more
widespread
use
in
surgical
procedures.
|
|
|
1996 |
|
MJA
1996;
164:
533-536
Conclusions:
Reuse
of
medical
devices
labeled
"single
use
only"
is
common...
Most
devices
appear
to
be
unsuitable
for
reuse.
Complete
cessation
of
this
practice
of
reusing
single-use
medical
devices
would
stop
potential
cross-infection,
but
this
would
cost
an
estimated
$2.5
million
or
more
per
case
prevented |
April,
1996
New
England
Journal
of
Medicine.
1996;550-560;
Current
Papers
in
Liver
Disease).Ross
et
al.
report
on
an
outbreak
of
hepatitis
C in
a
municipal
hospital
in
Germany.
...HCV
was
transmitted
from
a
patient
with
chronic
hepatitis
C
undergoing
surgery
to
an
anesthesiology
technician
...in
the
operating
room.
...technician
in
turn
infected
five
other
patients
over
the
next
several
weeks.
Sequencing
of
the
genetic
material
of
the
HCV
..
suggested
...
from
the
initial
patient.
...
provides
evidence
that
HCV
can
be
transmitted
from
medical
personnel
other
than
surgeons
to
patients.
...
note
that
the
..
technician
did
not
use
gloves
while
starting
intravenous
lines
in
patients
click
here |
|
Ramsey
PW,
McConnell
P,
Palmer
BH,
Glenn
LL.
Nurses'
compliance
with
universal
precautions
before
and
after
implementation
of
OSHA
regulations.
Clin
Nurse
Spec.
1996;10:234–239.
doi:
10.1097/00002800-199609000-00008.
[PubMed] |
|
|
9/30/1996
FDA
Recall
of
Swiss
Red
Cross
Albumin
Lot
#
6.231.026.0
-
|
9/20/1996
FDA
Bacterial
Sepsis
Associated
With
the
Use
of
Centeon
Albumin
(Human),
Albuminar
-
|
|
10/9/1996
FDA
Advises
Public
of
Voluntary
Worldwide
Recall
of
All
Albuminar
and
Plasma-Plex
Manufactured
by
Centeon,
L.L.C.
-
|
10/4/1996
FDA
Recall
of
Antihemophilic
Factor
(Factor
VIII)
(Centeon
LLC)
-
|
|
11/7/1996
Use
of
Recalled
Albumin
(Human)
in
the
Manufacture
of
Products
-
|
12/23/1996
Partially
Manufactured
Pastes
Withdrawn
Due
to
the
Possibility
of
the
Transmission
of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease
(CJD)
(multiple
manufacturers)
-
|
|
12/23/1996
Albumin
Products
Withdrawn
Due
to
the
Possibility
of
the
Transmission
of
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease
(CJD)
(multiple
manufacturers)
-
|
Garner,
J.
S.,
and
the
Hospital
Infection
Control
Practices
Advisory
Committee.
1996.
Guideline
for
isolation
precautions
in
hospitals.
Infect.
Control
Hosp.
Epidemiol.
17:53-80[Medline].
http://cmr.asm.org/cgi/external_ref?access_num=8789689&link_type=MED
|
|
1995 |
|
National
Institute
of
Cholera
and
Enteric
Diseases,
(e-mail:kamal412496@yahoo.com)
"this
continuous
increase
in
HCV
infection
among
IDUs,
despite
the
needle
and
syringe
exchange
programme,
is a
cause
for
concern.
The
cause
of
this
striking
increase
in
HCV
infection
is
unclear." |
1995
J
Viral
Hepat.;
2(3):
113-9.
Methods
of
transmission
of
hepatitis
C.Tibbs
The
detection
of
hepatitis
C in
saliva
and
the
higher
than
expected
prevalence
of
infection
in
dentists
may
point
to
the
possibility
of
transmission
by
salivary
contamination.
There
remain
large
numbers
of
hepatitis
C
carriers
in
whom
no
route
of
infection
can
be
identified. |
|
1994 |
|
A
new
blood
scandal:
hepatitis
C
Broadcast
Date:
Dec.
13,
1994
It's
a
familiar
story:
a
deadly
virus
has
infected
the
blood
supply.
Many
people
don't
know
they're
infected
until
a
number
of
symptoms
prompt
a
test
and
a
diagnosis.
But
this
isn't
AIDS:
it's
hepatitis
C,
|
1
Dec
94-1
Aug
95
WALTER
REED
ARMY
MEDICAL
CENTER
WASHINGTON
DC
Clinical
Impact
of
Hepatitis
C
Infection
in
Military
Active
Duty
Women-
HCV-infection
(2.7%)
is
seen
in
excess
than
the
rate
observed
among
healthy
American
blood
donors
(0.5%)
. |
|
Henry
K,
Campbell
S,
Collier
P,
Williams
CO.
Compliance
with
universal
precautions
and
needle
handling
and
disposal
practices
among
emergency
department
staff
at
two
community
hospitals.
Am J
Infect
Control.
1994;22:129–137.
doi:
10.1016/0196-6553(94)90001-9.
[PubMed] |
Gershon
RRM,
Vlahov
D,
Felknor
SA,
Vesley
D,
Johnson
PC,
Delcios
GL,
Murphy
LR.
Compliance
with
universal
precautions
among
health
care
workers
at
three
regional
hospitals.
American
Journal
of
Infection
Control.
1995;23:225–236.
doi:
10.1016/0196-6553(95)90067-5.
[PubMed] |
*Accession
Number
:
ADA280333
Title
:
Low
Risk
of
Sexual
Transmission
of
Hepatitis
C
Virus
in
Somalia
Corporate
Author
:
NAVAL
MEDICAL
RESEARCH
INST
BETHESDA
MD
|
1994....Hepatitis
C
transmission
in a
hemodialysis
unit:
molecular
evidence
for
spread
of
virus
among
patients
not
sharing
equipment.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7545963?dopt=Abstract |
Frequent
patient-to-patient
transmission
of
hepatitis
C
virus
in a
haematology
ward.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7545963?dopt=Abstract |
February
21,
1994
Hepatitis
C
and
Plasma
derivatives
Outbreak
of
Hepatitis
C
Associated
with
Intravenous
Immunoglobulin
Administration
October
1993–June
1994
,
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
was
notified
of
14
possible
cases
from
three
different
countries
of
acute
hepatitis
C
among
persons
who
had
received
intravenous
immunoglobulin
|
|
1993 |
November
19,
1993
INACTIVATION
OF
VIRUSES
IN
BLOOD
COMPONENT
NIH
GUIDE,
Volume
22,
Number
42,
IN
VITRO
INACTIVATION
OF
VIRUSES
IN
BLOOD
COMPONENTS-
Current
risks
of
being
infected
with
a
unit
of
screened
blood
are
1 in
3,000
for
HCV,
1 in
200,000
for
HBV,
and
1 in
225,000
for
HIV.
In
addition,
viruses
such
as
the
human
T-cell
lymphotropic
viruses
(HTLV)
types
I
and
II,
and
cytomegalovirus
(CMV),
also
pose
potential
risks
|
Henry
K,
Campbell
S,
Maki
M. A
comparison
of
observed
and
self-reported
compliance
with
universal
precautions
among
emergency
department
personnel
at a
Minnesota
public
teaching
hospital:
implications
for
assessing
infection
control
programs.
Ann
Emerg
Med.
1992;21:940–946.
doi:
10.1016/S0196-0644(05)82932-4.
[PubMed] |
|
Sharps
Disposal
Containers
with
Needle
Removal
Features.
OSHA
Hazard
Information
Bulletin
(HIB),
(1993,
March
12).
Alerts
field
personnel
to
the
risk
of
possible
safety
and
health
hazards
that
may
arise
with
the
use
of
some
sharps
disposal
containers
that
incorporate
an "unwinder"
mechanism
to
accomplish
needle
removal. |
Evaluation
of
Safety
Devices
for
Preventing
Percutaneous
Injuries
Among
Health-Care
Workers
During
Phlebotomy
Procedures
--
Minneapolis-St.
Paul,
New
York
City,
and
San
Francisco,
1993-1995.
Centers
for
Disease
Control
and
Prevention
(CDC),
Morbidity
and
Mortality
Weekly
Report
(MMWR)
46(02);21-25,
(1997,
January
17).
Indicates
that
the
use
of
phlebotomy
safety
devices
significantly
reduces
phlebotomy-related
percutaneous
injury
(PI)
rates. |
|
Needlestick
and
Other
Risks
from
Hypodermic
Needles
on
Secondary
I.V.
Administration
Sets
-
Piggyback
and
Intermittent
I.V.
Food
and
Drug
Administration
(FDA)
Safety
Alert,
(1992,
April
16).
Urges
the
use
of
needleless
systems
or
recessed
needle
systems
to
reduce
the
risk
of
needlestick
injuries. |
|
|
1991 |
In
1991,
OSHA
issued
the
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard
(29
CFR
1910.1030)
to
protect
workers
from
this
risk.
In
2001,
in
response
to
the
Needlestick
Safety
and
Prevention
Act,
OSHA
revised
the
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard.
The
revised
standard
clarifies
the
need
for
employers
to
select
safer
needle
devices
and
to
involve
employees
in
identifying
and
choosing
these
devices.
The
updated
standard
also
requires
employers
to
maintain
a
log
of
injuries
from
contaminated
sharps.
|
|
In
1991,
OSHA
issued
the
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard
(29
CFR
1910.1030)
to
protect
workers
from
this
risk.
In
2001,
in
response
to
the
Needlestick
Safety
and
Prevention
Act,
OSHA
revised
the
Bloodborne
Pathogens
Standard.
The
revised
standard
clarifies
the
need
for
employers
to
select
safer
needle
devices
and
to
involve
employees
in
identifying
and
choosing
these
devices.
The
updated
standard
also
requires
employers
to
maintain
a
log
of
injuries
from
contaminated
sharps.
|
MMWR.
1991;40:1-8)
The
CDC
Guideline
Recommendations
for
preventing
transmission
during
exposure-prone
invasive
procedures.
is
here:
"The
guidelines
stated
that
infected
health
care
workers
who
adhere
to
universal
precautions
and
who
do
not
perform
invasive
procedures
pose
no
risk
for
transmitting. |
|
A
prospective
study
of
the
hazards
of
multiple
use
of
disposable
syringes
and
needles
in
intensified
insulin
therapy.Diabet
Med.
1990
Aug;7(7):624-7.
PMID:
2146071;
UI:
91030437. |
Centers
for
Disease
Control.
1988.
Update:
Universal
Precautions
for
Prevention
of
Transmission
of
Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus,
Hepatitis
B
Virus
and
Other
Bloodborne
Pathogens
in
Healthcare
Settings.
MMWR,
37:377-382,
387,
388.
|
|
Kelen
GD,
DiGiovanna
TA,
Celentano
DD,
Kalainov
D,
Bisson
L,
Junkins
E,
Stein
A,
Lofy
L,
Scott
CR,
Sivertson
KT,
et
al.
Adherence
to
Universal
(barrier)
Precautions
during
interventions
on
critically
ill
and
injured
emergency
department
patients.
J
Acquir
Immune
Defic
Syndr.
1990;3:987–994.
[PubMed] |
Centers
for
Disease
Control.
1987.
Recommendations
for
prevention
of
HIV
transmission
in
health-care
settings.
Morbid.
Mortal.
Weekly
Rep.
36(2S):1S-18S.
|
|
May
6,
1988
Failure
of
gloves
and
other
protective
devices
to
prevent
transmission
of
hepatitis
B
virus
to
oral
surgeons.
JAMA;259(17):2558-60
Reingold
AL,
Kane
Department
of
Biomedical
and
Environmental
Health
Sciences,
School
of
Public
Health,
University
of
California,
Berkeley.
A
survey
of
434
oral
surgeons
was
conducted
to
examine
risk
factors
for
hepatitis
B
virus
(HBV)
infection.
Overall,
112
(26%)
of
the
participants
demonstrated
serologic
evidence
of
past
or
current
infection
with
HBV.
click
here |
Jun
7
1987
Possible
infectious
causes
in
651
patients
with
acute
viral
hepatitis
during
a
10-year
period
(1976-1985).
Liver
-
Six
hundred
and
fifty-one
patients
with
acute
viral
hepatitis
were
identified
serologically
between
January
1976
and
December
1985.
Of
these,
109
(17%)
had
hepatitis
A,
135
(21%)
had
hepatitis
B,
and
407
(62%)
had
hepatitis
non-A,
non-B.
click
here |
|
1986
Veterans
Administration
cooperative
study
on
hepatitis
and
dentistry.
Am
Dent
Assoc
Sep;113(3):390-6
Schiff
ER,
Oral
and
maxillofacial
surgeons
composed
the
highest
prevalence
occupation
(24.0%),
|
1977
72(1):111-21
Jan
Veterans
Administration
cooperative
study
A
randomized,
double
blind
controlled
trial
of
the
efficacy
of
immune
serum
globulin
for
the
prevention
of
post-transfusion
hepatitis.
A
Seeff
LB,
Gastroenterology
...controlled
trial
has
been
conducted
in
11
Veterans
Administration
hospitals
during
a
49-month
period
The
data
suggest,
however,
that
a
similar
reduction
in
type
non-A,
non-B
hepatitis
would
have
occurred
had
commercial
blood
been
excluded
from
use.
Furthermore,
the
efficacy
of
the
ISG,
manufactured
in
1944,
against
apparent
type
non-A,
non-B
hepatitis
suggests
that
this
overlooked
disease
has
existed
from
at
least
that
time.
Publication
Types:
Clinical
trial
Randomized
controlled
trial
More
info |
Maryland:
hepatitis
C
fatality
in
Baltimore
shrouded
in
mysterySource:
The
Baltimore
Sun,
Tue
4
Jan
2005
[edited]
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.hepatitis04jan04,1,361241.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
-----------------------------------------------
As
thousands
of
other
patients
do
every
year,
a
patient
walked
into
a
Glen
Burnie
cardiology
clinic
last
October
[2004]
for
a
routine
cardiac
stress
test.
But
what
happened
over
the
next
2
months
wasn't
so
routine:
The
79-year-old
retired
ironworker
developed
a
hepatitis
C
infection
that
ultimately
took
his
life
on
Christmas
Day
[25
Dec
2004].
--
is
drawing
new
attention
to
an
unusual
medical
mystery
under
investigation
by
the
Maryland
Department
of
Health
and
Mental
Hygiene.
Officials
have
traced
the
patient's
infection
to a
single
vial
of
technetium-99m,
a
radioactive
isotope
injected
into
the
bloodstream
during
stress
tests
and
other
routine
diagnostic
procedures.
Source:
The
Baltimore
Sun,
Tue
4
Jan
2005
[edited]
Maryland:
hepatitis
C
fatality
in
Baltimore
shrouded
in
mystery
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.hepatitis04jan04,1,361241.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
-----------------------------------------------
As
thousands
of
other
patients
do
every
year,
a
patient
walked
into
a
Glen
Burnie
cardiology
clinic
last
October
[2004]
for
a
routine
cardiac
stress
test.
But
what
happened
over
the
next
2
months
wasn't
so
routine:
The
79-year-old
retired
ironworker
developed
a
hepatitis
C
infection
that
ultimately
took
his
life
on
Christmas
Day
[25
Dec
2004].
The
patient's
death
--
one
of
just
6
hepatitis
C-related
fatalities
officially
recorded
in
Maryland
since
1999
--
is
drawing
new
attention
to
an
unusual
medical
mystery
under
investigation
by
the
Maryland
Department
of
Health
and
Mental
Hygiene.
Officials
have
traced
the
patient's
infection
to a
single
vial
of
technetium-99m,
a
radioactive
isotope
injected
into
the
bloodstream
during
stress
tests
and
other
routine
diagnostic
procedures.
Investigators
won't
say
how
many
people
have
been
infected,
or
where
they
live.
However,
the
company
whose
Timonium
pharmacy
prepared
the
suspect
isotope
said
the
state
has
identified
at
least
12
people
in
the
Baltimore
area.
The
79-year
old
patient,
who
lived
in
Brooklyn
Park,
is
the
only
fatality.
The
case
has
baffled
physicians
and
nuclear
medicine
experts,
who
say
they
can
recall
no
other
instance
in
which
a
common
radioactive
isotope
has
become
contaminated
with
[a]
hepatitis
[virus].
"It's
very
unusual
and
not
expected
at
all,"
says
Fadia
Shaya
of
the
University
of
Maryland
School
of
Pharmacy,
who
chairs
the
state's
advisory
council
on
hepatitis
C.
"This
kind
of
thing
should
not
happen."
Hepatitis
C, a
liver
disease
caused
by a
virus
of
the
same
name,
is
typically
transmitted
through
infected
blood
or
semen.
The
disease
kills
as
many
as
10
000
people
in
the
U.S.
each
year.
The
majority
of
new
infections
are
contracted
through
illicit
drug
use.
The
vial
of
technetium-99m
that
officials
suspect
as
the
cause
of
the
infection
here
was
prepared
at a
so-called
nuclear
pharmacy
in
Timonium.
Operated
by
Cardinal
Health
of
Dublin,
Ohio,
the
pharmacy
specializes
in
preparing
radioactive
"tracers"
for
a
variety
of
diagnostic
tests.
The
company
has
temporarily
closed
the
business
until
investigators
have
pinpointed
the
source
of
the
virus.
John
Hammond,
a
spokesman
for
the
Department
of
Health
and
Mental
Hygiene,
said
the
hepatitis
C
outbreak
does
not
pose
a
public
health
risk
and
was
confined
to
the
small
number
of
people
injected
with
serum
from
the
tainted
vial.
Maryland,
he
said,
recorded
26
cases
of
hepatitis
C in
2004,
including
those
in
the
recent
outbreak.
The
state
reported
9
cases
the
previous
year
and
14
cases
in
2002.
One
of
the
central
mysteries
is
how
the
radioactive
isotope
could
have
become
contaminated,
especially
since
the
preparation
of
technetium-99m
is
considered
to
be a
straightforward
process.
"How
in
the
world
did
this
happen?"
says
Nicki
Hilliard,
a
nuclear
pharmacist
at
the
University
of
Arkansas
for
Medical
Sciences.
"It's
bizarre."
Hilliard
said
that
the
isotope
is
typically
produced
in a
pinkie-sized
container
known
as a
radionucleotide
generator.
To
create
a
dose,
technicians
pass
standard
saline
solution
through
the
generator,
a
process
known
as
"milking."
As a
result,
the
generators
themselves
are
sometimes
known
as
"cows."
Technicians
capture
the
saline
in a
small
vial
and
stir
in a
powdered
chemical
tracer.
The
tracer
binds
to
the
isotope
and
ferries
it
through
the
patient's
bloodstream
to
the
specific
organ
or
tissue
that
needs
to
be
examined.
The
victim's
widow
said
her
husband
received
the
isotope
during
a
cardiac
stress
test
at
Arundel
Heart
Associates
in
Glen
Burnie.
Before
the
test,
she
said,
he
was
in
good
health,
and
the
procedure
was
considered
routine.
As
part
of
the
test,
doctors
typically
inject
the
isotope
into
the
patient's
bloodstream
and
ask
the
patient
to
walk
on a
treadmill
for
a
short
period
to
increase
the
pulse
rate.
Then
they
examine
the
patient's
heart
using
a
radiation-sensitive
camera
to
track
blood
flow
and
spot
potential
blockages.
Dr.
Paul
Young-Hyman,
a
cardiologist
at
the
Glen
Burnie
clinic,
said
the
suspect
isotope
arrived
at
the
clinic
in
October
2004
in 8
individually
prepared
syringes,
each
in a
lead-lined
container.
All
8
patients
who
received
the
isotope
on
15
Oct
2004
have
since
tested
positive
for
hepatitis
C,
he
said.
Young-Hyman
said
that
when
word
started
filtering
back
that
several
patients
who
had
stress
tests
that
day
had
been
diagnosed
with
hepatitis,
the
clinic
notified
county
health
officials,
who
ultimately
contacted
the
state.
The
cardiologist
said
all
the
clinic's
employees
have
tested
negative
for
the
virus,
and
health
officials
have
examined
the
clinic's
laboratory
and
found
it
contamination
free.
As a
precautionary
measure,
however,
stress
tests
at
the
clinic
are
now
being
performed
with
a
different
radioactive
tracer.
"I'm
just
hoping
that
people
who
need
the
study
don't
hold
back
on
getting
it,"
says
Young-Hyman.
"This
case
really
does
fall
into
the
category
of
bizarre."
Hepatitis
C
has
an
average
incubation
period
of 6
to 8
weeks,
and
the
victim
was
fine
until
mid-November
2004,
when
he
lost
his
appetite
and
started
to
feel
nauseous,
family
members
said.
His
wife
initially
chalked
it
up
to
stomach
flu,
from
which
she
was
just
recovering.
But
when
he
didn't
improve,
he
went
to
see
the
doctor.
A
few
days
later,
tests
came
back
positive
for
hepatitis
C.
Around
this
time,
state
health
officials
began
notifying
hospitals
and
physicians
to
watch
for
signs
of
the
disease,
including
fatigue,
jaundice,
abdominal
pain
and
nausea.
As
his
condition
deteriorated
in
the
following
weeks,
he
was
admitted
to
North
Arundel
Hospital
twice
before
finally
being
taken
to
Harbor
Hospital
on
23
Dec
2004,
and
he
died
on
Christmas
Day
[25
Dec
2004].
[Byline:
Michael
Stroh]
--
Jonathan
Nash
jnash@qis.net
Read
more
2006
Hepatitis
C
virus
infections
from
a
contaminated
radiopharmaceutical
used
in
myocardial
perfusion
studies.
2006
JAMA
2006;296:2005--11.Patel
PR,
Larson
AK,
Castel
AD,
et
al
The
findings
...
demonstrate
that
bloodborne
pathogens
can
be
transmitted
in
any
setting
where
blood
exposures
occur
and
aseptic
technique
is
compromised...
The
findings
from
this
investigation,
as
well
as
other
reported
outbreaks,
underscore
a
need
for
heightened
awareness
and
renewed
vigilance.
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