title: Decrease in the incidence of hepatitis in dialysis units associated with prevention programme.
abstract: A prospective survey of hepatitis in more than two-thirds of the dialysis units in the United Kingdom since January 1968 shows that after a prevention and control programme was started in 1970 the rising incidence of hepatitis B was halted. The programme has continued, with a sustained decline in the incidence among patients from 4.9% in 1970 to 1.4% in 1972 and among staff from 1.3% in 1970 to 0.4% in 1972.
mesh_terms: D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008722:Methods; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D006511:Hepatitis B Antigens