Public Health Response to a Large-scale Endoscopy Infection Control Lapse in a Nonhospital Clinic

Jacqueline Willmore; Edward Ellis; Vera Etches; Lise Labrecque; Carla Osiowy; Anton Andonov; Cameron McDermaid; Anna Majury; Camille Achonu; Maurica Maher; Brenda MacLean; Isra Levy

doi:10.1155/2015/160536

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2015)

Public Health Response to a Large-scale Endoscopy Infection Control Lapse in a Nonhospital Clinic

Jacqueline Willmore,
Edward Ellis,
Vera Etches,
Lise Labrecque,
Carla Osiowy,
Anton Andonov,
Cameron McDermaid,
Anna Majury,
Camille Achonu,
Maurica Maher,
Brenda MacLean,
Isra Levy

Affiliations

Jacqueline Willmore: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Edward Ellis: Public Health and Preventive Medicine Consultant, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Vera Etches: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lise Labrecque: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Carla Osiowy: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Anton Andonov: National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada, Canada
Cameron McDermaid: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Anna Majury: Public Health Ontario, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada
Camille Achonu: Public Health Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Maurica Maher: Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Brenda MacLean: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Isra Levy: Ottawa Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/160536
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 2
pp. 77 – 84

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To determine whether transmission of blood-borne pathogens (BBPs) (hepatitis B virus [HBV], hepatitis C virus [HCV] and HIV) occurred as a result of endoscopy reprocessing failures identified during an inspection of a nonhospital endoscopy clinic in 2011.

Published in Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

ISSN: 1712-9532 (Print); 1918-1493 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases; Science: Microbiology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/9575

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