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- Title
Hepatitis B virus infection among staff in three hospitals in Khartoum, Sudan, 2006-07.
- Authors
Elduma, A. H.; Saeed, N. S.
- Abstract
This study was conducted to determine the seropositivity of hepatitis B infection, associated risk factors and history of vaccination among staff in 3 teaching hospitals in Khartoum. The study was carried out from March 2006 to March 2007. Participants comprised 245 randomly selected hospital staff; 12 (4.9%) reacted positively for HBsAg, 6 of whom were nurses, 4 domestic staff and 2 laboratory staff. Only 37 participants (15.1%) said that they had attended training courses in biosafety. Just over 50% indicated that they had had needle-stick or sharps injuries during work; 61 (24.9%) indicated that they always followed the bio-safety precautions, 52 (21.4%) said that they always wore gloves during their work while 43 (17.6%) said they never wore them. Only 11 (4.5%) of the participants had received the full vaccination dose for hepatitis B.
- Subjects
SUDAN; ACADEMIC medical centers; ANALYSIS of variance; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; HEALTH facility employees; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B vaccines; PUBLIC hospitals; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICAL sampling; OCCUPATIONAL hazards; ENVIRONMENTAL exposure; CROSS-sectional method; DATA analysis software
- Publication
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, 2011, Vol 17, Issue 6, p474
- ISSN
1020-3397
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.26719/2011.17.6.474