[Attitudes of medical specialists toward HBV, HCV or HIV infected surgical staff and a sero-survey among staff members].

Background: Issues regarding the transmission of blood-borne viruses from infected medical personnel to patients are controversial to both parties. The aim of this study was to evaluate the attitudes towards disclosure of HBV/HCV/HIV-infected surgeons and the possibility of being forced to give up surgical procedures, as well as to assess the prevalence of anti-HBc total, HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV in surgical staff.

Material And Methods: Using an anonymous questionnaire a cross-sectional sero-survey was conducted among surgeons and nurses of surgical wards in 16 randomly selected hospitals, Western Pomerania, Poland, from January to June 2009.

[Model-based estimates of the risk of HCV transmission from infected patients to gynaecologic and obstetric staff].

Unlabelled: The risk of acquiring the hepatitis C virus (HCV) through percutaneous occupational exposure is dependent on three key variables: number of injuries, probability of a percutaneous injury transmitting HCV and prevalence of HCV infection in the patient population.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of HCV infection in the gynaecological/obstetric patient population and thereafter estimate the risk of HCV transmission to personnel through occupational exposure.

Methods: The prevalence of anti-HCV was estimated through an anonymous serosurvey of gynaecological/ obstetric patients in 15 randomly selected hospitals in West Pomerania, Poland, from February 2008 to January 2009.

[The implementation of legislation acts regarding prevention of occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens from perspective of Poland as the ue country].

The paper presents the history of implementation of legislation related to prevention of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens in the U.S.A.