Occupational hepatitis C virus infection in Italian health care workers

Two serosurveys were used to assess the risk of exposed health care workers in 16 Italian hospitals becoming infected with hepatitis C virus. The hepatitis C virus does not appear to be easily occupationally transmitted.

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Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 1995-09, Vol.85 (9), p.1272-1275
Main Authors: PURO, V, PETROSILLO, N, IPPOLITO, G, ALOISI, M. S, BOUMIS, E, RAVA, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antibodies
Bias
Biological and medical sciences
Blood & organ donations
Blood transfusions
Confounding (Statistics)
Drug abuse
Enzymes
Health professionals
Health risk assessment
Hepatitis
Hepatitis C
hepatitis C virus
HIV
Hospitals
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Infections
Infectious diseases
Italy
Laboratories
Medical personnel
Medical research
Medical sciences
Needlestick injuries
Public health
Regression analysis
Risk factors
Serology
Viral diseases
Viral hepatitis
Viruses
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Summary:Two serosurveys were used to assess the risk of exposed health care workers in 16 Italian hospitals becoming infected with hepatitis C virus. The hepatitis C virus does not appear to be easily occupationally transmitted.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.85.9.1272