Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted viral pathogens among health-care workers and risk mitigation programme in a paediatric tertiary care hospital

Charu Nayyar; Rushika Saksena; Vikas Manchanda

doi:10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_15_133

Prevalence of transfusion-transmitted viral pathogens among health-care workers and risk mitigation programme in a paediatric tertiary care hospital

Indian J Med Microbiol. 2017 Apr-Jun;35(2):296-298. doi: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_15_133.

Authors

Charu Nayyar¹, Rushika Saksena¹, Vikas Manchanda¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 28681826
DOI: 10.4103/ijmm.IJMM_15_133

Abstract

The health-care workers (HCWs) are at an occupational risk of exposure to blood-borne pathogens, mainly, HIV, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus. HBV is currently the only blood-borne virus for which a vaccine is available. All health-care institutions must encourage the HCWs to undergo screening for blood-borne pathogens.

MeSH terms

Blood Transfusion*
Blood-Borne Pathogens / isolation & purification*
Health Personnel*
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Occupational Exposure*
Prevalence
Risk Assessment
Risk Reduction Behavior*
Tertiary Care Centers