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Investigation of possible patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis C in a hospital
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1994
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Sydney Private HospitalHepatitis BSurgeryPossible Patient-to-patient TransmissionHospital MedicineAcute Hepatitis CViral HepatitisHealthcare-associated InfectionInfection ControlHospital EpidemiologyDecember 1993EpidemiologyHepatologyHepatitis CPatient SafetyHepatitisAcute Liver FailureMedicineEmergency Medicine
In December 1993 the NSW Health Department was notified that two patients had presented with acute hepatitis C five and seven weeks after undergoing minor surgical procedures in the same operating session at a Sydney private hospital early that year. Neither case had other risk factors for acute hepatitis C.