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