OBJECTIVES: This study determined infection risk for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center that possibly exposed 3810 patients to infection. METHODS: We used a model for the risk of infection per blood draw, supplemented by subsequent testing results from 1699 patients. RESULTS: The highest risk of transmission was for HBV infection: 1.1 x 10(-6) in the best case and 1.2 x 10(-3) in the (unlikely) worst case. Subsequent testing yielded prevalence rates of 0.12%, 0.41%, and 0.88% for HIV, HBV, and HCV, respectively, lower than National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III prevalence estimates. CONCLUSIONS: The infection risk was very low; few, if any, transmissions are likely to have occurred.
OBJECTIVES: This study determined infection risk for HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center that possibly exposed 3810 patients to infection. METHODS: We used a model for the risk of infection per blood draw, supplemented by subsequent testing results from 1699 patients. RESULTS: The highest risk of transmission was for HBV infection: 1.1 x 10(-6) in the best case and 1.2 x 10(-3) in the (unlikely) worst case. Subsequent testing yielded prevalence rates of 0.12%, 0.41%, and 0.88% for HIV, HBV, and HCV, respectively, lower than National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III prevalence estimates. CONCLUSIONS: The infection risk was very low; few, if any, transmissions are likely to have occurred.
Authors: M J Alter; D Kruszon-Moran; O V Nainan; G M McQuillan; F Gao; L A Moyer; R A Kaslow; H S Margolis Journal: N Engl J Med Date: 1999-08-19 Impact factor: 91.245
Authors: B S Hersh; F Popovici; R C Apetrei; L Zolotusca; N Beldescu; A Calomfirescu; Z Jezek; M J Oxtoby; A Gromyko; D L Heymann Journal: Lancet Date: 1991-09-14 Impact factor: 79.321
Authors: L B Seeff; E C Wright; H J Zimmerman; H J Alter; A A Dietz; B F Felsher; J D Finkelstein; P Garcia-Pont; J L Gerin; H B Greenlee; J Hamilton; P V Holland; P M Kaplan; T Kiernan; R S Koff; C M Leevy; V J McAuliffe; N Nath; R H Purcell; E R Schiff; C C Schwartz; C H Tamburro; Z Vlahcevic; R Zemel; D S Zimmon Journal: Ann Intern Med Date: 1978-03 Impact factor: 25.391
Authors: J I Tokars; R Marcus; D H Culver; C A Schable; P S McKibben; C I Bandea; D M Bell Journal: Ann Intern Med Date: 1993-06-15 Impact factor: 25.391