Seroprevalences of Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C among healthcare workers in Tire State Hospital

Authors : Gokcen Gurkok BUDAK, Nalan GÜLENÇ, Elife ÖZKAN, Rıfat BÜLBÜL, Caner BARAN

Pages : 267-270

Doi:10.5798/dicletip.339008

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Publication Date : 2017-09-20

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Normal 0 21 false false false TR X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Normal Tablo"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} O b j e c ti v e : T h e r isk of i n f e c t i on w i th H B V a n d H C V in h eal th ca r e w o r k er s h a s b e e n i n c re a s e d a s r is k s s u c h a s c o n t ac t w i th t h e b l o od or o p e n w o u n d of t h e i n f e c t e d p e opl e . T he a im of the s t u dy was to i n v e s t i g a te t h e se r o p r e v al e nc e of h e p a tit i s B virus ( HBV) an d h e p a tit i s C virus ( H C V) i n f e c t io n s a m o n g h e al th ca r e w ork i n g a t T i r e State Hosp i t al . M e thod s : Scr ee n i n g r e c o r ds of total 518 ho s pi t a l p e r s o n ne l w o r k i n g i n the T i r e Sta t e Hos p ital b e t we e n J a n u a r y 2012 a n d A p r il 2 0 17 we r e r e t r os p e c tiv e l y r e v i e w e d. HB sA g, A n t i - HBs an d A n ti H C V t e s ts o n t h e b l ood sa mp l e s o b t a i ne d f o r sc re e n i n g we r e p er f o r m e d i n o u r la b o r a to r y u s i n g S i e m en s a dvia c e n t a ur X P c h e mi l umi n e sc en c e t e c hn i q u e . R e s u l ts: B e tw e e n J a n u a r y 2 0 12 an d A p r il 2017, a total of 518 h e al th w or k er s , r a n gi n g in a g e f r om 18 to 63 w or k i n g i n the Sta t e Hosp i t al , w e r e e v al u a t e d i n i n f e c tious d ise as e s a n d cl i n i ca l mic r o b io l ogy cl i n i cs . Our p e r s o n ne l w e r e ne g a ti ve f o r A n t i - HBs 61 ( 11.8%) a n d an t i - HBs posi t ivity w a s d e t e c t e d i n 4 5 7 ( 88.2%) of t h e o b t a i n e d sa mpl e s , 6 ( 1.2%) of t h e s e p e r s o n ne l w e r e po s itive f o r HB sA g. I t was d e t e c t e d th a t t w o cl e an i n g p e r s o n n e l a n d a n u r s e w e r e positi v e fo r a n t i - H C V . Co n cl u s io n : Hosp i t a l w or ke r s s ho ul d b e scr e en e d f o r H BV a n d H C V a n d i n dividu al s w i thout H B V v acc i n a tion s ho ul d b e v acc i n a t e d. In   our c ou n t r y, HB sA g positi v ity i n h eal th ca r e w o r ke r s h a s d e c r eas e d e s p e c i all y in   r e ce n t y e a r s . N e v e r th e l e ss , h e al th ca r e w o r ke r s a r e s ti l l un d e r the r isk of HBV a n d H C V . T h e re fo r e , it is i m p o r t a n t t o kee p a n d re v i e w t h e r e c o r ds of ho s p it a l w or ke r s r e gu la r l y.
Keywords : Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, healthcare workers