Prevalence of hepatitis B serologic markers in community hospital personnel

A.A. McLean, G.R. Monahan and D.M. Finkelstein

American Journal of Public Health, 1987, vol. 77, issue 8, 998-999

Abstract: The seroprevalence of hepatitis B markers among predominantly high-risk staff members and personnel of 31 community hospitals located throughout the United States was 8.4 per cent (≥5 per cent in 25 hospitals and ≥10 per cent in 13 hospitals). Only two hospitals had seroprevalence rates ≤3 per cent. The institutional seroprevalence ranged from 0 per cent to 16.7 per cent, with a median of 8.2 per cent. Although there are limitations to this survey, the results suggest that the well established increased risk of contracting HBV infection among certain groups of health-care workers in urban teaching medical centers may also hold true for personnel in similar occupational and professional categories in community hospitals.

Date: 1987
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