TY - JOUR
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, D. R.
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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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.91.4.636
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.91.4.636
M3 - Article
C2 - 11291380
AN - SCOPUS:0035082193
VL - 91
SP - 636
EP - 638
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
SN - 0090-0036
IS - 4
ER -