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A Nosocomial and Occupational Cluster of Hepatitis A Virus Infection in a Pediatric Ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nicola Petrosillo ,
Barbara Raffaele ,
Lorena Martini ,
Emanuele Nicastri ,
Giuseppina Nurra ,
Gianfranco Anzidei  and
Giuseppe Ippolito
Nicola Petrosillo*
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Barbara Raffaele
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Lorena Martini
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Emanuele Nicastri
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Giuseppina Nurra
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Gianfranco Anzidei
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Ippolito
Affiliation:
National Institute for Infectious Diseases, “Lazzaro Spallanzani” IRCCS, Rome, Italy
*
2nd Infectious Diseases Division, National Institute for Infectious Diseases”, IRCCS, Via Portuense, 292, 00149 Rome, Italy
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Abstract

We describe a cluster of acute hepatitis A virus (HAV) infection that involved two patients and one physician in the pediatric unit where two children with acute HAV infection had been housed. An interview with the unit personnel revealed several breaches in infection control measures and the lack of vaccination of healthcare workers against HAV.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 23 , Issue 6 , June 2002 , pp. 343 - 345
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002

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