Occupational hepatitis C virus infection in Italian health care workers. Italian Study Group on Occupational Risk of Bloodborne Infections
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11032613 |
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| Authors | Vincenzo Puro (0000-0003-0291-4490, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Nicola Petrosillo (0000-0002-2585-7567, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Giuseppe Ippolito (0000-0002-1076-2979, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), M S Aloisi, Marta Aloisi (0000-0002-8907-5847, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Evangelo Boumis (0000-0001-6615-8845, Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani), Lucilla Ravà (0000-0002-3238-7807) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 9 |
| Pages | 1272-1275 |
| Publication date | 1995-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.85.9.1272 |
| PMID | 7661238 |
| OpenAlex | W2039238441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
The risk of exposed health care workers in 16 Italian hospitals becoming infected with hepatitis C virus was assessed through two serosurveys at a 1-year interval and at follow-up. Prevalence, which was 2.2%, was significantly associated with previous acute hepatitis, blood transfusions, housekeeping, and older age (> 46 years) but not with occupational risk factors. After 1 year, 2622 (87%) of the 3006 seronegative health care workers were retested, and 3 (0.1%), who did not acknowledge occupational or community risk factors, seroconverted. Additionally, 133 (97 needlesticks) out of 370 reported occupational exposures were to hepatitis C virus; one pricked nurse seroconverted (0.75%). Although the risk is not negligible, hepatitis C virus infection does not seem to be easily occupationally transmitted
Environmental health · Health care · Hepatitis · Hepatitis a virus · Hepatitis B virus · Hepatitis C virus · Housekeeping · Occupational exposure · Virus · Hepatitis B Virus Studies · Hepatitis C virus research · Hepatitis Viruses Studies and Epidemiology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
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| Citation span | 1995 - 1995 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |