title: Prevalence of Hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus infections among patients candidate for orthopedic trauma surgeries.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Infectious diseases are major public health problems, among which blood-borne ones are the most important infections. Patients who undergo orthopedic surgery are at higher risk of transmitting infectious diseases from and to others, due to repeated blood examinations and injection, drains secretion and receiving blood products. Accordingly, in this study we determined prevalence of Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections in patients who underwent surgery in a general training hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study the prevalence of HBV, HCV, and HIV infections was determined among 320 patients under orthopedic trauma surgeries in a general training hospital in Tehran, Iran from 2009 to 2011. Associations of these rates with age, gender, marital status, residence location, substance abuse history, hospital admission history, previous surgery, blood transfusion, dentistry procedures, and previous medical history were also assessed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 320 patients (290 male, 30 female) were studied. Ten patients (3.2%) had at least one of these three infections. Totally 10 patients (3.2%), 2 subjects (0.6%), and 8 patients (2.5%) had HCV, HIV, and HBV infections, respectively. None of the evaluated variables had significant relationship with HCV, HBV, and HIV infections (p> 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  According to the obtained results, routine use of diagnostic tests for infectious disease such as HIV and viral hepatitis is recommended and should be considered before orthopedic operations.
authors.affiliation: MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. yeganeh471@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yeganeh
authors.affiliation: MD, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. negiinhatamii@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Negin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hatami
authors.affiliation: MD, Resident of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. money.mahmoudi@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mani
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mahmoudi
authors.affiliation: MD, Resident of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. bahram_b62@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bahram
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Boduhi
authors.affiliation: MD, Resident of Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mahzadsaidifard@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mahzad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saidifard
authors.affiliation: MD, Resident of Orthopedics, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rasoul-e-Akram Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Babak_otoukesh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Babak
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Otoukesh
keywords: Hepatitis B virus; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Orthopedic Surgery