Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus and HIV among Health Care Staff in a State Hospital

As a nature of their profession, health-care professionals are at risk of exposure to infectious agents originating from infected patients and physical environment. Among these infectious agents, hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) play a major role. According to WHO data 3 million (two million of those to HBV, 0.9 million to HCV and 170.000 to HIV) health care staff are exposed to viral agents as a result of injury by contaminated medical equipments (1). The aim of this study was to determine HBV, HCV and HIV seroprevalence among health-care staff in Nenehatun Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital and to enroll the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) (-)/anti-HBs (-) health care staff to vaccination program.