Comment on

• Transmission of hepatitis B virus to multiple patients from a surgeon without evidence of inadequate infection control.

  Harpaz R, Von Seidlein L, Averhoff FM, Tormey MP, Sinha SD, Kotsopoulou K, Lambert SB, Robertson BH, Cherry JD, Shapiro CN. Harpaz R, et al. N Engl J Med. 1996 Feb 29;334(9):549-54. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199602293340901. N Engl J Med. 1996. PMID: 8569821
• Transmission of hepatitis C virus by a cardiac surgeon.

  Esteban JI, Gómez J, Martell M, Cabot B, Quer J, Camps J, González A, Otero T, Moya A, Esteban R, et al. Esteban JI, et al. N Engl J Med. 1996 Feb 29;334(9):555-60. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199602293340902. N Engl J Med. 1996. PMID: 8569822