Hepatitis B., indentificación del antígeno de superficie por reacción de ELISA en personal que labora en laboratorios clínicos. Cuenca 2000 - 2001

Abstract

A descriptive epidemiological study was conducted in order to identify the prevalence of surface antigen of hepatitis B, the staff serum clinical laboratories of the city of Cuenca: The sample was randomly selected among the staff of public and private institutions and it was set at 100 participants, which underwent one poll whose data were entered in a form, evaluating affiliation, occupation and risk factors. Additionally they underwent blood determination of HBsAg by reaction of enzyme-linked immunoassay. [ELISA] the information was processed using the EPI-INFO program variables analyzed in relation to the objectives. We conclude that despite having 16 percent of the cases more than one risk factor for infection with hepatitis B virus [HBV] including occupation, none of the investigated laboratory workers was positive for HBsAg. However, to find out about prevention, 91 percent had completed their vaccination