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Hepatitis B Prevention Strategies Among Pediatric Hemodialysis Centers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Michelle Toma  and
Malliswari Challapalli
Michelle Toma
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
Malliswari Challapalli*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
*
Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital of Loyola University Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2160 S 1st Ave, Bldg 105, Room 3331, Maywood, IL 60153
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Abstract

We surveyed pediatric hemodialysis centers (PHDCs) concerning their hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevention strategies. One hundred thirty-one patients were being dialyzed in these PHDCs in December 1996. Although all centers immunized HBV-susceptible hemodialysis patients and had infection control policies to curtail the spread of HBV infection, most centers were not in compliance with all of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for isolating hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , February 2001 , pp. 113 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2001

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