| ID (ISN) del documento | 24771 |
| Número CIS |
76-554 |
| ISSN - Título de la serie |
0098-7484 - Journal of the American Medical Association |
| Año |
1975 |
| Número de serie |
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| Autor(es) |
Redeker A.G. |
| Título |
Hepatitis B - Risk of infection from antigen-positive medical personnel and patients. |
| Información bibliográfica |
8 Sep. 1975, Vol.233, No.10, p.1061-1062. 14 ref. |
| Resumen |
The greater the physical contact between medical personnel and patients, the frequency of antigenaemia among patients, the number of blood transfusions given, and the number of blood specimens handled, the higher will be the attack rate for hepatitis among medical personnel. The extent of the risk for health-care personnel can ony be defined by testing for hepatitis antigen and antibody on a voluntary basis. However, caution must be exercised in recommending job changes to personnel found repeatedly to be chronic asymptomatic antigen carriers. Antigen positivity is not necessarily life-long. |
| Descriptores (primarios) |
hepatitis vírica; hospitales; servicios médicos y sanitarios |
| Descriptores (secundarios) |
Estados Unidos; antígenos; inmunología; encuesta; prevención del contagio |
| Tipo de documento |
- |
| Tema(s) |
Cemercio, servicios, oficinas
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Navegación por categoria(s) |
Health care services
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
Liver diseases
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