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The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan

Introduction Hepatitis C has emerged as a big challenge for Pakistan. Health care providers are at increased risk of being infected due to tremendous exposure. Aim The purpose of this study was to find the prevalence of hepatitis C, its risk factors especially its occupational risk factors and preve...

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Autores principales: Zafar, Uffan, Hasan, Ammar, Aslam, Bilal, Khalid, Zubair, Baig, Muhammad Usman, Akram, Saba
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30357086
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3176
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author Zafar, Uffan
Hasan, Ammar
Aslam, Bilal
Khalid, Zubair
Baig, Muhammad Usman
Akram, Saba
author_facet Zafar, Uffan
Hasan, Ammar
Aslam, Bilal
Khalid, Zubair
Baig, Muhammad Usman
Akram, Saba
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description Introduction Hepatitis C has emerged as a big challenge for Pakistan. Health care providers are at increased risk of being infected due to tremendous exposure. Aim The purpose of this study was to find the prevalence of hepatitis C, its risk factors especially its occupational risk factors and preventive measures practiced by health care providers of Tehsil Head Quarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan. Materials and methods Blood samples were collected, and rapid chromatography strips were used for diagnostic purpose. A questionnaire was used for data collection. After analyzing the data, results were summarized. Results The prevalence of Hepatitis was 5.17%. Those who used gloves were 67.24%. A history of needle stick injury was present in 47.41%, and 49.13% knew about the spread of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Just 18.96% knew about the treatment plan, and 19.83% had attended a workshop on preventive measures of infectious diseases in healthcare settings. Conclusion The frequency of HCV among health care providers is high. Awareness programs and training workshops should be mandatory to increase knowledge about hepatitis C prevention. It will decrease the incidence of hepatitis C infection among health care workers.
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spelling pubmed-61975302018-10-23 The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan Zafar, Uffan Hasan, Ammar Aslam, Bilal Khalid, Zubair Baig, Muhammad Usman Akram, Saba Cureus Pathology Introduction Hepatitis C has emerged as a big challenge for Pakistan. Health care providers are at increased risk of being infected due to tremendous exposure. Aim The purpose of this study was to find the prevalence of hepatitis C, its risk factors especially its occupational risk factors and preventive measures practiced by health care providers of Tehsil Head Quarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan. Materials and methods Blood samples were collected, and rapid chromatography strips were used for diagnostic purpose. A questionnaire was used for data collection. After analyzing the data, results were summarized. Results The prevalence of Hepatitis was 5.17%. Those who used gloves were 67.24%. A history of needle stick injury was present in 47.41%, and 49.13% knew about the spread of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV). Just 18.96% knew about the treatment plan, and 19.83% had attended a workshop on preventive measures of infectious diseases in healthcare settings. Conclusion The frequency of HCV among health care providers is high. Awareness programs and training workshops should be mandatory to increase knowledge about hepatitis C prevention. It will decrease the incidence of hepatitis C infection among health care workers. Cureus 2018-08-21 /pmc/articles/PMC6197530/ /pubmed/30357086 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3176 Text en Copyright © 2018, Zafar et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Zafar, Uffan
Hasan, Ammar
Aslam, Bilal
Khalid, Zubair
Baig, Muhammad Usman
Akram, Saba
The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title_full The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title_fullStr The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title_short The Frequency of Hepatitis C and its Risk Factors Among Health Care Providers at Tehsil Headquarter Hospital, Hasilpur, Pakistan
title_sort frequency of hepatitis c and its risk factors among health care providers at tehsil headquarter hospital, hasilpur, pakistan
topic Pathology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197530/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30357086
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3176
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