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Table 1 Summary of the most frequent transmission pathways and most frequent healthcare settings involved.

From: Patient to patient transmission of hepatitis B virus: a systematic review of reports on outbreaks between 1992 and 2007

 

Transmission pathways

Healthcare setting

Multi-vials

Capillary blood sampling

Multiple deficiencies in standard precautions

Transvenous biopsy

Blood products

Undefined

Total

Dialysis

5

-

1

-

1

3

10

Medicine

3

3

-

-

1

-

7

Nursing home

-

6

-

-

-

1

7

Surgery

-

-

-

3

-

2

5

Outpatient clinics

2

-

2

-

-

-

4

Total

10

9

3

3

2

6

33