Open AccessSCREENING FOR HEPATITIS B & C
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zaheer Haider,
Aamir Mehmood Malik,
Naseem Ahmad,
Mamoona Javed,
Muhammad Yasrab
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.03.4998
Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , standard precautions , infectivity , hepatitis b , hepatitis c , disease , viral hepatitis , intensive care medicine , virology , infection control , virus , telecommunications , computer science
Viral hepatitis (HBV &HCV)one of the single most important cause of chronic liverdisease in Pakistan and World Wide is now spreadingbeyond endemic dimensions. Number of patients withhepatitis being received for elective and emergencyprocedures has increased tremendously. Thus healthcare providers especially operation theater staff hassignificantly increased risks of infectivity along withfurther transmission of the disease, if preoperativelyscreening and standard precautions are not followedstrictly. This makes the preoperative screening forhepatitis B & C one of the most important investigationsso that standard precautions can be taken to avoidfurther hazards of disease