| Subject: | CDC Releases Study Of Healthcare-Associated Viral Hepatitis Outbreaks |
| Category: | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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| Published: | Wed, 14 Jan 2009 - 01:00 pm |
| The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have released a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, that is the first full review of all CDC investigations over the past 10 years of healthcare associated viral hepatitis outbreaks. According to the CDC, in the last decade, more than 60,000 patients in the Untied States were asked to get tested for hapatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) because health care personnel in settings outside of hospitals failed to... The full article is available to StayAlert subscribers. Click here for a free trial subscription. |
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