title: Notes from the Field: Hepatitis C Outbreak in a Dialysis Clinic--Tennessee, 2014.
abstract: Outbreaks of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections can occur among hemodialysis patients when recommended infection control practices are not followed (1). On January 30, 2014, a dialysis clinic in Tennessee identified acute HCV in a patient (patient A) during routine screening and reported it to the Tennessee Department of Health. Patient A had enrolled in the dialysis clinic in March 2010 and had annually tested negative for HCV (including a last HCV test on December 19, 2012), until testing positive for HCV antibodies (anti-HCV) on December 18, 2013 (confirmed by a positive HCV nucleic acid amplification test). Patient A reported no behavioral risk factors, but did have multiple health care exposures.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Muleta
authors.forename: Marion A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kainer
authors.forename: Loretta
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Moore-Moravian
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wiese
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Sheila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McMaster
authors.forename: Duc
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Joseph C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Forbi
authors.forename: Tonya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mixson-Hayden
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Collier
mesh_terms: D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral