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Evaluation of a Disinfection Procedure for Hysteroscopes Contaminated by Hepatitis C Virus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Catherine Sartor ,
Remi Nicolas Charrel ,
Xavier de Lamballerie ,
Roland Sambuc ,
Philippe De Micco  and
Leon Boubli
Catherine Sartor*
Affiliation:
Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomial, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France
Remi Nicolas Charrel
Affiliation:
Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille and Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France
Xavier de Lamballerie
Affiliation:
Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille and Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France
Roland Sambuc
Affiliation:
Comité de Lutte contre les Infections Nosocomial, Hôpital de la Conception, Marseille, France
Philippe De Micco
Affiliation:
Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Marseille and Laboratoire de Virologie, Faculté de Médecine de Marseille, Marseille, France
Leon Boubli
Affiliation:
Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
*
CLIN, Hôpital de la Conception, 147 Blvd Bailie, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France
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Abstract

We assessed the ability of a standard disinfection procedure to eliminate hepatitis C virus (HCV) from the air-water channel of hysteroscopes. The residual HCV RNA remaining after the disinfection procedure was measured by polymerase chain reaction. When correctly applied to hysteroscopes, the standard disinfection procedure was sufficient to eliminate the risk of HCV transmission.

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Concise Communications
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , June 1999 , pp. 434 - 436
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1999

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