Öncül, Ahsen Giresun A. İlhan Özdemir Devlet Hastanesi - Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Turkey , Aslan, Selda Gaziantep Çocuk Hastanesi - Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Turkey , Pirinççioğlu, Habibe Diyarbakır Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi - Enfeksiyon Hastalıkları ve Klinik Mikrobiyoloji Kliniği, Turkey , Özbek, Erdal Diyarbakır Kadın Doğum ve Çocuk Hastalıkları Hastanesi - Mikrobiyoloji Laboratuvarı, Turkey

Determination of HBV, HCV, HIV, VDRL seropositivity and vaccination rates in Diyarbakır State Hospital workers

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The aim of this study was to investigate hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and syphilis seropositivity of healthcare personnel working in Diyarbakır State Hospital in 2009, and to determine their immunization rates. Healthcare workers were conducted to infection policlinic for health screening as a part of infection control program. Five hundred three healthcare workers’ serum was examined for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), hepatitis B surface antibody (anti HBs), HCV antibody (anti HCV) and HIV antibody (anti HIV), VDRL of whom 43.1% was secretary and 56.9% was personnel working for patient care. Questionnaire about immunization and needle stick injuries were evaluated for the participants that answered. Five cleaning employees, 2 nurses, 1 secretary were found to be HBsAg positive. Hepatitis B seroprevalance was 1.6% in healthcare workers. The most prevalent groups were cleaning employees with 2.8% and nurses with 2.7%, but the difference was not statistically significant. None of the workers were seropositive for HCV, HIV, VDRL. When hepatitis B immunity was compared between professions, it was 94.4% in health technicians, 90.5% in nurses, 64.2% in cleaning staff, 45.6% in secretary with statistically significant difference. Ninety three percent of nurses stated that they had tetanus shot whereas tetanus vaccination rate was lowest in secretary with 60.7%. Hepatitis B vaccination rate was lowest in cleaning staff with 38.2% although they were a risky group, and the highest vaccination rate was seen among nurses (89.6%). Tetanus vaccination rate was 74.3% in women and 65.1% in men with statistically significant difference (p=0.03). Hepatitis B vaccination rate did not differ among sex (p=0.11). Cleaning employees should be informed about contagious diseases and their immunization rates has to be improved, whereas HBV immunization rates of nurses and technicians are good. Asymptomatic hepatitis carriers and the ones that should have vaccine shots can be detected with screening tests among healthcare workers.

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