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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
Petrosillo, N., Gilli, P., Serraino, D., Dentico, P., Mele, A., Ragni, P.,
Puro, V., Casalino, C., Ippolito, G., for the Collaborative Group.
(2001) Prevalence of Infected Patients and Understaffing Have a
Role in Hepatitis C Virus Transmission in Dialysis. American Journal
of Kidney Diseases. 37(5) pp 1004-1010.
Pujol, F., Ponce, J., Lema, M., Capriles, F., Devesa, M., Sirit, F.,
Salazar, M., Vasquez, M., Monsalve, F., Blitz-Dorfman, L. (1996)
High Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus in Units with High Prevalence.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 34(7) pp 1633-1636.
Sartor, C., Brunet, P., Simon, S., Tamalet, C., Berland, Y.,
Drancourt, M. (2004) Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Between
Haemodialysis Patients Sharing the Same Machine. Infection Control
and Hospital Epidemiology 25(7) pp 609-615
Savey, A., Simon, F., Izopet, J., Lepoutre, A., Fabry, J., Desenclos,
J.C. (2005) A Large Nosocomial Outbreak of Hepatitis C Virus
Infections at a Haemodialysis Center. Infection Control and Hospital
Epidemiology. 26(9) pp 752-760.
Saxena, A., Panhotra, B.R., Sundaram, D.S., Naguib, M.,
Venlateshappa, C.K., Uzzaman, W., Milhim, K. (2003) impact of
Dedicated Space, Dialysis Equipment and Nursing Staff on the
Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus in a Haemodialysis Unit of the
Middle East. American Journal of Infection Control (31) pp 26-33.
Schneeberger, P., Keur, I., van Loon, A., Mortier, D., Op de Coul,
K., Verschuuren-van Haperen, A., Sanna, R., van der Heijden, T.,
van den Hoven, H., van Hamersvelt, H., Quint, V., van Doorn, L.J.
(2000) The Prevalence and Incidence of Hepatitis C Virus Infections
among Dialysis Patients in the Netherlands: A Nationwide
Prospective Study. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. (182) pp
1291-1299.
Shamshirsaz, A., Kamgar, M., Bekheirnia, M.R., Habibzadeh, M.,
Pourzahedgilani, N., Broumond, N., Shamshirsaz, A.A., Moradi, M.,
Borghei, M., Haghighi, N., Broumand B. The Role of Haemodialysis
Machine Dedication in Reducing Hepatitis C Transmission in the
Dialysis Setting in Iran: A Multicenter Prospective Interventional
Study. (2004) BioMedCentral Nephrology 5(13)
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/5/13 Accessed 12th
December 2005.
Sivapalasingam, S., Malak, S.F., Sullivan, J., Lorch, J., Sepkowitz,
K. (2002) High Prevalence of Hepatitis C Infection Among Patients
Receiving Haemodialysis at an Urban Dialysis Center. Infection
Control and Epidiemiology. 23(6) pp 319-324.
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