Sources of hepatitis B virus infection in hospital environment.
Investigations on the incidence of hepatitis B antigen (HB Ag)-carriers among 1466 patients of 11 various hospitals and departments showed that sources of hepatitis infection were more numerous in hospitals for children than in those for adults. The high-risk departments were those of dialysis (5 out of 12 patients), clinical medicine (6.6%), and obstetrics and gynecology, for adults, and those of neuropsychiatry (17.9%) and clinical medicine (11.2%)for children . The highest incidence of HB Ag-carriers among the medico-sanitary personnel of 5 hospitals (436 sera) was recorded in a hospital of obstetrics and gynecology.
D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006506:Hepatitis A / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006782:Hospitals, Special; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012383:Romania
D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens