Occupational risk of hepatitis B and C infections in urologists

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 206-209

  Öge, Ömer ^a   Özen, Haluk ^a   Öner, Sedat ^a   Akova, Murat ^a   Bilen, Cenk Y ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Surgery; Urology

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; URETER CATHETERIZATION; UROLOGIC SURGERY; UROLOGY;

EID: 0032459239     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030330     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Denes AE, Smith JL, Maynard JE, et al: Hepatitis B infection in physicians: Results of a nationwide seroepidemiologic survey. JAMA 1978;239:210-216.
2. Dienstag JL, Ryan DM: Occupational exposure to hepatitis B virus in hospital personnel: Infection of immunization? Am J Epidemiol 1982;115:26-30.
3. Hadler SC, Doto IL, Maynard JE, et al: Occupational risk of hepatitis B infection in hospital workers. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 1985; 6:24-28.
4. Segal HE, Llewellyn CH, Irwin G, et al: Hepatitis B antigen and antibody in the US Army: Prevalence in health care personnel. Am J Public Health 1986;66:667-672.
5. Smith JL, Maynard JE, Berquist KR, et al: Comparative risk of hepatitis B among physicians and dentists. J Infect Dis 1976;133:705-709.
6. West DJ: The risk of hepatitis B infection among health professionals in the United States: A review. Am J Med Sci 1984;287:26-32.
7. Cakaloglu Y, Okten A, Yalcin S: Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection in Turkey. Turk J Gastroenterohepatol 1990;1:49-56.
8. Badur S: Hepatit C virusu infeksiyonunun serolojik tanisi. Klin Drg 1990;3:58-63.
9. Gurbuz AK, Dagalp K, Gulsen M: Hepatit C virus infeksiyonunda aile içi geçiş. Gastroenteroloji 1993;4:405-409.
10. Balik I, Onul M, Kandilci S, Tekeli E, Tunçbilek S: Çeçitli graplarda hepatit C virus antikorlarinin prevalansi. Turk Klin Gastroenterohepatol 1990;1:55-58.
11. Beşişik F, Yalçin S, Ökten A, Sever M: Renal transplantasyon ve HCV infeksitonu. 10. Ulusal Türk Gastroenteroloji Kongresi kitabi 1993, p 158.
12. Saritaş, Ü, Boran M, Yilmaz U: Hemodializ ünitesinde hepatit C virus antikorlari prevalansi. 10. Ulusal Türk Gastroenteroloji Kongresi kitabi 1993, p 164.
13. Badur S: Viral hepatitle savasim derneǧi raporu. 1994.
14. Seeff LB, Wright EC, Zimmerman HJ, et al: Type B hepatitis after needlestick exposures: Prevention with hepatitis B immune globulin: Final report of the Veterans Administration Cooperative Study. Ann Intern Med 1978;88: 285-287.
15. Mitsui T, Iwano K, Masuko K, et al: Hepatitis C virus infection in medical personnel after needlestick accident. Hepatology 1992;16: 1109-1123.
16. Donahue JG, Munoz A, Ness PM, et al: The declining risk of posttransfusion hepatitis C virus infection. N Engl J Med 1992;327:369-372.
17. Alter MJ: The detection, transmission, and outcome of hepatitis C virus infection. Infect Agents Dis 1993;2:155-158.
18. Morita M: Closed video transurethral resection of the prostate for the prevention of infection. Eur Urol 1995;27:31-33.
19. McLeod GG: Needlestick injuries at operations for trauma. Are surgical gloves an effective barrier? J Bone Joint Surg 1989;71:489-491.
20. Roome AJ, Walsh SJ, Cartter ML, et al: Hepatitis B vaccine responsiveness in Connecticut public safety personnel. JAMA 1993;270: 2931-2936.
21. Leads from the MMWR. Update: Universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus and other bloodborne pathogens in healthcare settings. JAMA 1988;260:462-465.