Discussions in Infection Control

An independent site by Lawrence F Muscarella PhD -- a national authority on the causes and prevention of healthcare-associated infections and related errors.

Category: Hepatitis (B and C) Viruses

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Potentially Faulty Assessment by the Veterans Health Administration of the Risk of Infection Associated with a Number of Confirmed Breaches

January 10, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

This article by Lawrence F Muscarella, PhD, discusses the Veterans Health Administration’s (VHA) assessment in 2009 that the risk of healthcare-acquired infections associated with several instrument-reprocessing breaches recently identified within…

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Risk of Disease Transmission Associated with Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

January 3, 2013 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

January 3, 2013 (updated July 28, 2013, revised April 24, 2014) — This article responds to an article published in The Los Angeles Times. Although this Times’ article was published…

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Recommendations to Prevent Viral Transmissions due to Improper Medical Practices

December 28, 2012 Lawrence F Muscarella PhD

September 30, 2014 — This article discusses the faulty clinical practice of reusing contaminated syringes, needles and both multi- and single-dose vials of medicine. This article also provides important recommendations…

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