Entire UPMC transplant team missed hepatitis alert.

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Entire UPMC transplant team missed hepatitis alert.

July 20, 2011

Hamill SD.

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This newspaper article reports how a missed test result alert led to a disease-free transplant patient being infected with hepatitis.

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