[The legal and occupational health aspects of B and C type viral hepatitis].
BACKGROUND
Viral hepatitis is a problem of population health. Recent data show an estimated number of 400 million patients infected with hepatitis B and 170 million with hepatitis C virus in the world. The prevalence of HBV infected patients is estimated to 50000, the prevalence of the HCV patients to 70,000 in Hungary.


OBJECTIVE
The authors report the legal and occupational health aspects of viral hepatitis. The knowledge of these facts could help both the patients and doctors. This paper is on the employment, occupational restrictions of the infected patients, the legal aspects of the discrimination and the vaccination. The authors report the knowledge, rules and restrictions relating to health service employees in a separate subchapter. They call the attention to the occupational health aspects in relation to the infected patients and health service employees from the point of view of the occupational health specialist, the commissioner responsible for safeguarding the patients' interest and the specialist attending the infected patients.
Pécsi Tudományegyetem Orvostudományi es Egészségtudományi Centrum, Altálanos Orvostudományi Kar, I. Sz. Belgyógyászati Klinika.
Beáta
B
Gasztonyi
Ildikó
I
Antal
Erzsébet
E
Szendy
Alajos
A
Pár
Béla
B
Hunyady
D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary / Q000453:epidemiology; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011287:Prejudice; D015995:Prevalence; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
D017325:Hepatitis B Vaccines; D014761:Viral Hepatitis Vaccines