Multidose Vial Transmits HCV

Multidose vial contamination in anesthesia.

The intent of this research was to address the following question: Will an alteration in the drug aspiration technique cause a significant difference in the incidence of multidose vial contamination? The control group consisted of multidose vials collected at the end of each day from staff anesthetists. The use of these vials reflected the practice technique of a single needle and syringe for e...

Infection prevention: single- and multidose vial management.

Contamination of reconstituted multidose measles vaccine vial and toxic shock syndrome in Tamilnadu.

I read with interest and curiosity the Viewpoint and IAPCOI stand articles on AEFI with particular reference to measles vaccination related deaths in Tamil Nadu(1,2). I want to share my personal experience as a field investigator on similar measles vaccination deaths in Manali New town PHC (about 10 km from Chennai) way back in 1991-1992. At that time 6 children died. All of them developed high...

Use of multidose vials.

explained, due to scientific publication conventions, in our paper. The numbers of microorganisms recovered from the 22 ventilator tubes treated with disinfectant that had been used 5 or fewer days were as follows: 19 had zero, 1 had 2, 1 had 6, and 1 had 4,000 organisms. In the Materials and Methods section we indicated that the n u m b e r s of m i c r o o r g a n i s m s recovered from venti...

Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis C virus associated with the use of multidose saline vials.

OBJECTIVE To identify the source of an outbreak of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among 3 patients occurring within 8 weeks of hospitalization in the same ward of a Florida hospital during November 1998. DESIGN A retrospective cohort study was conducted among 41 patients hospitalized between November 11 and 19, 1998. Patients' blood was tested for antibodies to HCV, and HCV RNA-posit...