Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2639455 | American Journal of Infection Control | 2014 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
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.
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Authors
Yenlik A. Zheteyeva, Pritish Tosh, Priti R. Patel, Diana Martinez, Cindy Kilborn, Debo Awosika-Olumo, Salma Khuwaja, Syed Ibrahim, Anthony Ryder, Rania A. Tohme, Yury Khudyakov, Hong Thai, Jan Drobeniuc, Gary Heseltine, Alice Y. Guh,