Diederen Bram M W, Verhulst Carlo, van't Veen Annemarie, van Keulen Peter H J, Kluytmans Jan A J W
Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2006 Nov;27(11):1258-60. doi: 10.1086/508844. Epub 2006 Oct 20.
A pseudo-outbreak of hepatitis B virus caused by cross-contamination from a semiautomatic cap remover for blood collection tubes is reported. The source of the outbreak was elucidated by using basic epidemiological methods. Laboratories should always be critical about their results in order to identify contamination problems.
据报告,一起由采血管半自动拔帽器交叉污染导致的乙型肝炎病毒假性暴发事件。通过基本的流行病学方法查明了此次暴发的源头。实验室应始终对其结果保持审慎态度,以便识别污染问题。