[Survey on the understanding of the reporting standards to the hepatitis B and the hepatitis C by the medical staff in Yanbian Prefecture].
OBJECTIVE
To examine the understanding of the reporting criteria of Hepatitis B (HB) and Hepatitis C (HC) of the medical staff in Yanbian Korean Minority autonomous prefecture and provide the advice for reporting HB and HC via network.


METHODS
Questionnaires were distributed to doctors in 7 hospitals by the method of stratified sampling.


RESULTS
48.3% of the medical staff thought that HBsAg carries should also be reported; The understanding of the reporting standards of HB and HC correctly was only 41.4% and 66.4% respectively. The understanding of the reporting standards of HB was different among professional staff in municipal hospital and in county-level hospital, which was lower at the municipal hospital; the reason for misunderstanding is mainly concentrated in HBsAg carriers as the report object; there was not difference of the understanding to the reporting standards of HB and HC among different title and work experience.


CONCLUSIONS
The medical staff among investigated hospitals had lower knowledgement to the reporting standards of HB and HC. Vigorous training should be conducted according to the criteria of hepatitis diagnosis, to ensure that the epidemic situation of HB and HC science and accuracy.
Miao
Ning
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Union School of Public Health of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 102200, China.
Gong
Xiao-Hong
XH
Jin
Long-Zhu
LZ
D044466:Asian People / Q000208:ethnology; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D003625:Data Collection; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000592:standards; D011361:Professional Competence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors