PREVENTION OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS INFECTION IN HEMODIALYSIS UNIT
- VernacularTitle:血透中心丙型肝炎病毒感染的预防
- Author:
Jun LIU
;
Fanfan HOU
;
Xun ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hemodialysis;
hepatitis C;
prevention
- From:
Medical Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army
2001;0(12):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of patients isolation,paying careful attention to hygienic measure and strict sterilization on prevention of hepatitis C infection in hemodialysis(HD) unit. Patients in our HD unit from May 1994 to May 1998 were isolated and strict sterilization of dialysis apparatuses were performed, while patients from April 1990 to April 1994 were not isolated. The rate of HCV infection in these two groups of patients were 18 20% and 26 72%, respectively ( P
