Abstract
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 × 10-6 in the best case and 1.2 × 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.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 636-638 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | American Journal of Public Health |
| Volume | 91 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Risk of infection from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center. / Porco, T. C.; Aragón, T. J.; Fernyak, S. E.; Cody, S. H.; Vugia, D. J.; Katz, M. H.; Bangsberg, David.
In: American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 91, No. 4, 2001, p. 636-638.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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T1 - Risk of infection from needle reuse at a phlebotomy center
AU - Porco, T. C.
AU - Aragón, T. J.
AU - Fernyak, S. E.
AU - Cody, S. H.
AU - Vugia, D. J.
AU - Katz, M. H.
AU - Bangsberg, David
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - 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 × 10-6 in the best case and 1.2 × 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.
AB - 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 × 10-6 in the best case and 1.2 × 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.
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