HIV infection among surgical patients in Viet Duc hospital in the year 2003
- Author:
Nguyen Thi Hue
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
HIV,
- MeSH:
HIV;
surgery;
hospitals;
patients
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(3):22-24
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
25,873 patients, who came to VietDuc Hospital from Jan 1st 2003 to Dec 31st 2003, were performed HIV antibody tests. Result: among 25,297 samples are tested for HIV antibody, there were 292 cases HIV positive. The numbers of HIV infection among surgical patients in VietDuc Hospital increased day by day, accounted for 1.3% of patients underwent HIV antibody tests, especially the rate of HIV infection in young males (between 20 and 29 years old) was the highest. It is necessary to test HIV for pre-operative patients, special in high-risk people and to pay attention for health equipment, labour assurance for health care workers in hospital
