Hepatitis C among Hospital Personnel and Patients at a General Hospital in Kafr Elsheikh Governorate, Egypt

ABSTRACTIn various prevalence Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections was found all over the world. There is no accurate data about the spreading of HCV infection in Indonesia. Indonesian Department of Health makes a program to make a database from all provinces in Indonesiaabout prevalence of HCV. This is supported by request from the district Health Department of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY)Province to conduct HCV infection surveillance in 2007. Data of HCV infection from blood transfusion service show approximately 2%.To complete the basic data by knowing the prevalence of HCV in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital Yogyakarta at DIY province. This is an Hospital Yogyakarta at DIY province. This is anHospital Yogyakarta at DIY province. This is an observational descriptive study about HCV infection prevalence in Dr. Sardjito General Hospital Yogyakarta. Data was collected fromSeptember 2007−August 2008 conducted on Microbiology, Immunology & Infection Sub Laboratory of Clinical Pathology Departmentin Dr Sardjito General Hospital Yogyakarta. There was 753 request of anti HCV test from September 2007−August 2008. Initial reactiveresult was found in 131 patients. In the first quarter in 2007 (January−April 2007) there were 27 initial reactive from 175 samples ofanti HCV test (15.42%). In the second quarter were found 36 initial reactive out of 176 samples of anti HCV test (20.45%) and in thelast trimester in 2007 were found 19 initial reactive out of 134 samples (14.17%). In 2008, first quarter were found 21 positive resultout of 123 samples (17.03%) and in the second quarter (May−August 2008) were found 32 positive result out of 145 samples (22.06%).There are gradually increased percentage rates of initial reactive anti HCV test based on the result from each trimester HCV test based on the result from each trimesterHCV test based on the result from each trimester (15.42−20%, 45−14 %, 17−17%, 03−22.06%)

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PREVALENCE OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C AMONG PREOPERATIVE SURGICAL PATIENTS AT BASRAH GENERAL HOSPITAL

Basrah Journal of Surgery ◽

10.33762/bsurg.2014.91012 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

pp. 62-65

Author(s):

Mazin H AL-Hawaz ◽

Mohammed H AL-Hijaj ◽

Shatha A AL-Mansori

Keyword(s):

Hepatitis C ◽

Hepatitis B ◽

General Hospital ◽

Surgical Patients

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HAEMODIALYSIS;

The Professional Medical Journal ◽

10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.11.653 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 24 (11) ◽

pp. 1610-1614

Author(s):

Aurangzeb Afzal ◽

Sania Ashraf ◽

Abubakar Raheel ◽

Fateh Sher Chattah ◽

Faiqa Zafar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Hepatitis C ◽

General Hospital ◽

Significant Risk ◽

Control Measures ◽

Health Concern ◽

Maintenance Hemodialysis ◽

P Value ◽

Infection Control Measures ◽

Set Up

Background: Hepatitis C is an important health issue in chronic kidney diseasepatients especially those on regular hemodialysis. The cause of this high prevalence remainsmulti-factorial. Despite of various infection control measures adopted worldwide, hepatitis chigh seroconversion rates among dialysis patients remain a major health concern. Objectives:The objective of this study was to determine the frequency of seroconversion of hepatitis C inpatients on maintenance hemodialysis in our set-up and also to find the various risk factorsattributing to it. Study Design: Retrospective study. Place and duration of study: Hemodialysisunit of LAHORE GENERAL HOSPITAL since August, 2016. Methods: Forty seven patients onroutine hemodialysis who were initially sero negative for hepatitis C at the time of registrationin Lahore general hospital dialysis centre and frequency of seroconversion to positive for antiHCV was calculated using SPSS 20. The various variables were analyzed on basis of p-value(significant <0.05). Results: Out of total 47 patients, 6 patients (12.80%) were found to besero converted to hepatitis C during the dialysis treatment in our centre. History of surgicalprocedure (major/minor) (83.3%, p value:0.006) and presence of hepatitis C in spouse (66.7%,p value :0.0001) were found to be statistically significant risk factors. Conclusion: The currentstudy indicates the high rates of hepatitis C seroconversion in hemodialysis patients and thevarious contributing risk factors for it. Because of the immunodeficiency in these patients,intense education to medical staff as well as patients themselves will be beneficial in controllingthe spread.

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