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Mitigating and preventing hepatitis B virus exposures during hemodialysis across a large regional health system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2019

Emil P. Lesho ,
John Hix ,
Melissa Bronstein ,
Shubha Shastry ,
John Hanna ,
Gina Scroggins  and
Marvin Grieff
Emil P. Lesho*
Affiliation:
Infectious Diseases Unit, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
John Hix
Affiliation:
Nephrology Service, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Melissa Bronstein
Affiliation:
Institute for Quality and Safety, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Shubha Shastry
Affiliation:
Nephrology Service, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
John Hanna
Affiliation:
Internal Medicine Residency Program, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York
Gina Scroggins
Affiliation:
Institute for Quality and Safety, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
Marvin Grieff
Affiliation:
Institute for Quality and Safety, Rochester Regional Health, Rochester, New York
*
Author for correspondence: Emil Lesho, E-mail: carolinelesho@yahoo.com
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 40 , Issue 9 , September 2019 , pp. 1066 - 1069
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© 2019 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved. 

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: This study was presented in part as an abstract at IDWeek 2018 on October 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California.

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