Background: The prevalence of Hepatitis C virus infection has been documented among health workers after needle stick injuries. Doctors and dentists with chronic Hepatitis C Infection have been found responsible for HCV infection transmission to their patients. The nurses and paramedical staff are at more risk of getting HCV than general population. Aim: To evaluate the prevalence of Hepatitis-C infection among health workers.
Methods: The health care worker from the organizations Gulab Devi hospital Lahore were selected in this study after taking informed consent. Data collected from the participant through self-administered Questionnaire and the participants will be selected through simple random sampling method, the sample size for this study will be 114 which are calculated from the Slovins formula of sampling. Data was analyzed by using SPSS software.
Results: In terms of age, there was a direct association between increased age and increased likelihood of blood transfusion and recent hospitalization, and inverse relationship between age and tattoos, piercings and drugs. In the analysis of socioeconomic variables, a statistically significant difference between social class and piercing was observed prevalence among adults in social class.
Conclusion: The prevalence of hepatitis c exist among the health worker of the organization. They were aware about the preventive measure and knowledge regarding hepatitisc.
