Open AccessHepatitis C infection become a common issue among hemodialysis patients in a hemodialysis center Jakarta, Indonesia, and survival comparison of hemodialysis patients with hepatitis infection between two hemodialysis centers in Jakarta, Indonesia, and Penang, Malaysia
Author(s) -
Diana Laila Ramatillah,
Syed Azhar Syed Sulaiman,
Amer Hayat Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_85_17
Subject(s) - hemodialysis , medicine , hepatitis c , intensive care medicine
According to the Association of Nephrologist in Indonesia (Pernefri) recommendation, isolation and using special hemodialysis machines are not necessary for hemodialysis (HD) patients who have been infected by hepatitis C virus (HCV), while according to the Ministry of Health Malaysia recommendation, hepatitis C patients should be dialyzed in a separate room or a separate area with a fixed partition and dedicated machines.