Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages 77-81Publisher
MOSBY-ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2013.06.016
Keywords
Blood glucose monitoring; Infection control; Patient safety
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- Intramural CDC HHS [CC999999] Funding Source: Medline
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We investigated a multifacility outbreak of acute hepatitis B virus infection involving 21 residents across 10 assisted living facilities in Texas during the period January 2008 through July 2010. Epidemiologic and laboratory data suggested that these infections belonged to a single outbreak. The only common exposure was receipt of assisted monitoring of blood glucose from the same home health care agency. Improved infection control oversight and training of assisted living facility and home health care agency personnel providing assisted monitoring of blood glucose is needed. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc.
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