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Nosocomial Malaria From Contamination of a Multidose Heparin Container With Blood

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Abdullah M. Al-Saigul ,
Robert E. Fontaine  and
Qais Haddad
Abdullah M. Al-Saigul
Affiliation:
Saudi Arabian Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Robert E. Fontaine*
Affiliation:
Saudi Arabian Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Division of International Health, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Qais Haddad
Affiliation:
Saudi Arabian Field Epidemiology Training Program, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
*
USAID/ Amman, Unit 70206, APOAE 09892-0206
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Abstract

A girl developed Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a non-malarious area. Twelve to 18 days before onset, she had been hospitalized for asthma on the same ward as three malaria patients. The only link between the malaria patients and the asthma patient was a multidose heparin container used to fill syringes for use on heparin locks and intravenous devices. Contamination of the heparin with blood occurred on at least one occasion when a needle had been left in place through the septum of this container and was used to refill a used syringe.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , May 2000 , pp. 329 - 330
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2000

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