title: [Risk factors for hepatitis B virus infection among hospital staff].
abstract: Viral Hepatitis is one of the leading causes of disease around the world. In Latin America is a severe public health problem. We conducted a case-control study in the Cayetano Heredia Hospital, Lima-Perú, seeking for risk factors for Hepatitis B infection. We found 0.41% of frequency of HBsAg and 8.13% of anti-HBs in the 492 persons screened. Contact with blood was confirmed as a risk factor for Hepatitis B infection; disposable needle-wash was also identified as a major risk factor. The personnel of the Sterilization Room is also in high risk for the infection. The nurse-aid personnel was also identified as a high risk group. We suggest that the needle wash is a risk factor very easy to remove, and also stopping the rotation of the auxiliary personnel could reduce the incidence of the infection in the personnel at risk.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Tropical Alexander Von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima-Perú.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deville
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Llanos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Philips
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gotuzzco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kilpatrick
mesh_terms: D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Factores de riesgo para infección por virus de hepatitis B en personal hospitalario.