Magnitude of hepatitis B and C virus infections and associated factors among patients scheduled for surgery at Hawassa University comprehensive specialized Hospital, Hawassa City, southern Ethiopia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the magnitude of HBV and HCV infection and its associated factors among surgical patients at Hawassa University comprehensive specialized Hospital Hawassa City, southern Ethiopia.

Result: In this study, the prevalence of HBsAg and Anti-HCV among patients scheduled for surgery were 9% and 5.5%, respectively. Patients who practiced multiple sexual partner (AOR = 2.58, CI 1.18-5.61), dental procedure (AOR = 4.20, CI 1.87-9.55) and blood transfusion (AOR = 3.84, CI 1.27-11.65) had higher odds of HBV infection and those who had history of surgical procedure (AOR = 6.05: 95% CI 1.59-23.04) and dental procedure (AOR = 3.70: 95% CI 1.40-9.77) had higher odds of HCV infection.