Outbreak of viral hepatitis B and C in hospitalized cancer patients
Authors:
A. Kološová 1; J. Gašparovič 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Regionálny úrad verejného zdravotníctva so sídlom v Komárne
1; Slovenská zdravotnícka univerzita v Bratislave, Národné referenčné centrum pre vírusové hepatitídy
2
Published in:
Epidemiol. Mikrobiol. Imunol. 63, 2014, č. 4, s. 260-264
Category:
Review articles, original papers, case report
Overview
The Regional Public Health Office recorded 47 cases of he-patitis B and C in 39 patients hospitalized in the regional hospital between September 2009 and July 2010. The outbreak cases included in the study met the previously set standard definition. Based on the epidemiological investigations a hypothesis was formulated on the route of infection transmission through the administration of parenteral solutions using a peripheral venous cannula during hospitalization. A retrospective cohort study revealed a statistically significant association between parenteral therapy administered using a peripheral venous cannula and disease (for viral hepatitis B: X2 = 49.53, p < 0.001 and viral hepatitis C: X2 = 22.42, p < 0.001). The results were in accordance with the failures to comply with the sanitary-epidemiological standards revealed by audits at the respective departments.
Key words:
hepatitis – parenteral therapy – peripheral venous cannula
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