| nosocomial hepatitis b virus infection associated with reusable fingerstick blood sampling devices--ohio and new york city, 1996. | fingerstick devices are widely used for capillary-blood sampling for glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes. in 1996, outbreaks of hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection occurred among patients with diabetes in an ohio nursing home and in a new york city hospital. in response to these outbreaks, nursing-home and hospital personnel, state and local public health officials, and cdc conducted epidemiologic investigations. this report summarizes the investigations, which suggest that, in both outbr ... | 1997 | 9082174 |
| from the centers for disease control and prevention. nosocomial hepatitis b virus infection associated with reusable fingerstick blood sampling devices--ohio and new york city, 1996. | | 1997 | 9087455 |
| decline of clinical hepatitis b in workers at a general hospital: relation to increasing vaccine-induced immunity. | hepatitis b is a well-recognized occupational hazard of health-care workers that can be prevented with vaccination. however, because data on the current epidemiology of hepatitis b virus (hbv) in this population are limited, no consensus exists regarding the requirement for immunization. in 1980-1989, 4,908 exposures of health-care workers to patients' blood and/or other body fluids were reported and evaluated at a general hospital. during this period, 4.8% of patients to whom health-care worker ... | 1993 | 8448282 |
| hepatitis b vaccine use in cincinnati: a community's response to the aap recommendation of universal hepatitis b immunization. | the committee on infectious diseases of the american academy of pediatrics (aap) recently recommended universal immunization of infants against hepatitis b virus (hbv). we surveyed all pediatricians and family practitioners with admitting privileges to our institution to determine their degree of approval of the aap recommendation and the anticipated compliance with the recommendation. a questionnaire was sent to 86 family practitioners and 205 pediatricians; the response rate was 38% and 47%, r ... | 1994 | 8078082 |
| risk of hepatitis b in hospital personnel. | between jan 1, 1981, and aug 31, 1983, 1,323 ohio state university hospital employees were screened for hepatitis b. there were 105 employees (cases) with present or past evidence of hepatitis b virus infection, and 210 randomly selected employees (controls) with no evidence of hepatitis b virus infection. using logistic regression analyses to develop a risk index, the best predictive model indicated that nonwhites, males, discontinuity of employment, and frequency of contact with blood products ... | 1986 | 3701476 |
| racial disparities in hepatitis b infection in ohio: screening and immunization are critical for early clinical management. | chronic hepatitis b virus (hbv) infection and liver cancer mortality represent a neglected health disparity among asian americans. the purposes of this study were to compare the prevalence of hepatitis b among a diverse group of 1311 ohioans in franklin county, oh (85% asians, 7.5% african americans, and 6.5% whites) and to improve access to care for high-risk asian adults through advocacy and policy changes. | 2013 | 24006083 |
| the prevalence and significance of occult hepatitis b virus in a prospective cohort of hiv-infected patients. | occult hepatitis b virus (hbv) is defined as low-level hbv dna without hepatitis b surface antigen (hbsag). prevalence estimates vary widely. we determined the prevalence of occult hbv at the university of cincinnati infectious diseases center (idc). | 2007 | 17159656 |
| increased risk of hip fracture associated with dually treated hiv/hepatitis b virus coinfection. | hiv and hepatitis b virus (hbv) infections are each associated with reduced bone mineral density, but it is unclear whether hiv/hbv coinfection is associated with an increased risk of fracture. we determined whether dually treated hiv/hbv patients had a higher incidence of hip fracture compared to treated hbv-monoinfected, antiretroviral therapy (art)-treated hiv-monoinfected and hiv/hbv-uninfected patients. we conducted a cohort study among 4156 dually treated hiv/hbv-coinfected, 2053 treated h ... | 2015 | 25754215 |