A case of hepatitis C virus transmission acquired through sharing a haemodialysis machine

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant problem among haemodialysis populations worldwide. ‘Horizontal’ cross-infection between patients can occur, predominately through direct environmental transmission of the virus. Current guidelines thus recommend universal barrier precautions, howeve...

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Autores principales: Thomson, Peter C., Williams, Craig, Aitken, Celia, Ball, Jonathan, Wysocka, Natalia, Brown, Richard, Rodger, R. Stuart
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4421637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25984097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndtplus/sfq181
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author Thomson, Peter C.
Williams, Craig
Aitken, Celia
Ball, Jonathan
Wysocka, Natalia
Brown, Richard
Rodger, R. Stuart
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Aitken, Celia
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description Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant problem among haemodialysis populations worldwide. ‘Horizontal’ cross-infection between patients can occur, predominately through direct environmental transmission of the virus. Current guidelines thus recommend universal barrier precautions, however they do not suggest using dedicated machines for HCV-positive patients to prevent the ‘sequential’ transmission of virus to those who subsequently use that machine. We report a case where sequential HCV transmission occurred from a patient of low HCV infectivity with no identifiable machine fault. We suggest that current guidelines should be reviewed to encourage the use of dedicated haemodialysis machines for HCV-positive patients.
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spelling pubmed-44216372015-05-15 A case of hepatitis C virus transmission acquired through sharing a haemodialysis machine Thomson, Peter C. Williams, Craig Aitken, Celia Ball, Jonathan Wysocka, Natalia Brown, Richard Rodger, R. Stuart NDT Plus Case Report Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant problem among haemodialysis populations worldwide. ‘Horizontal’ cross-infection between patients can occur, predominately through direct environmental transmission of the virus. Current guidelines thus recommend universal barrier precautions, however they do not suggest using dedicated machines for HCV-positive patients to prevent the ‘sequential’ transmission of virus to those who subsequently use that machine. We report a case where sequential HCV transmission occurred from a patient of low HCV infectivity with no identifiable machine fault. We suggest that current guidelines should be reviewed to encourage the use of dedicated haemodialysis machines for HCV-positive patients. Oxford University Press 2011-02 2010-10-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4421637/ /pubmed/25984097 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndtplus/sfq181 Text en © The Author 2010. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Thomson, Peter C.
Williams, Craig
Aitken, Celia
Ball, Jonathan
Wysocka, Natalia
Brown, Richard
Rodger, R. Stuart
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title_fullStr A case of hepatitis C virus transmission acquired through sharing a haemodialysis machine
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title_short A case of hepatitis C virus transmission acquired through sharing a haemodialysis machine
title_sort case of hepatitis c virus transmission acquired through sharing a haemodialysis machine
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4421637/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25984097
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ndtplus/sfq181
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