Pre-operation and/or Pre-transfusion Testing on Patients to Avoid Risk ofOccupational Infection Exposure among Medical Staff and Its Significance in Prevention of Nosocomial Infection

OBJECTIVE To investigate the pre-operation and/or pre-transfusion testing on patients to avoid risk of(occupational) infection exposure among medical staff and its significance in prevention of nosocomial infection.METHODS Serum hepatitis B(virus surface) antigen(HBsAg),antibody against hepatitis C virus(anti-HCV),(antibody) against human(immunodeficiency) virus(anti-HIV) and toluidine red unheatedserum test(TRUST) were performed on samples from 10 745 cases of pre-operation and/or pre-transfusion from 2003 to 2004.RESULTS The number and(percentage) of positive reaction for HBsAg,anti-HCV,anti-HIV and TRUST were 1163,(10.81%);21,0.20%;1,0.01%(confirmed by HIV Reference Laboratory,Center for Disease Prevention and(Control) of Zhejiang Province) and 74,(0.69%),respectively.TRUST positivity was further confirmed with TPHA.(Overlapping) infections were mostly observed between HBV and HCV,or,to a less scale,between HBV and syphilis.For HBV infection the(department) of digestive medicine was prevalent(?~2=4.77,P