Evidence of Transmission of Hepatitis C by Hemodialysis

Hepatitis C risk factor for patients submitted to dialysis

“…In the clinic where our study was conducted, the HCV (+) patients are not placed in different rooms, but in separate sides attempting, therefore, to reduce the nosocomial transmission chance. The individualization of dialysis machinery is not recommended; however, there suggested strict measures for universal precaution, in addition to the extreme attention to the sterilization of the dialysis machinery [25][26][27][28], as according to the literature, the cross-infection by HCV is due to the disregard to the universal precautions and the absence of severe standardization that meets the specifications of each situation.…”

Contamination by Hepatitis C in a Haemodialysis Center: Preventive Measures

“…Dear Sir, In the haemodialysed population, hepati tis C has a particularly high [1], but very variable prevalence, ranging from 4% [2] to more than 56% [3] depending on the centre. Initially, the most obvious cause has been transmission through blood transfusions, as a result of the usual way of contamination by this virus and of the wide use of blood prod ucts in dialysis.…”

“…This was notably the case in the earliest patients treated before synthetic erythropoietin was available, and before the carrying of hepatitis C was detectable among donors. Many works analysing scropositivity rates in different centres have since under lined that transmission is not only due to transfusion [3][4][5], but that other ways of con tamination need to be considered [6. 7] as well as modalities of protection [8][9][10].…”

Seroprevalence of Hepatitis E in Hemodialysis Patients in Turkey

“…Our results in hemodial ysis patients were similar to the 10.8% prev alence reported in 147 French hemodialysis patients [5], Our results suggest that fecal-oral trans mission may not be the only route of trans mission of HEV. HEV was shown in the serum [6], and virus transmission in these patients may be related to previous blood transmission or directly to hemodialysis fa cilities, similar to HCV [7], The strong corre lation between HEV and HCV antibodies positivity may also support this possibility. HEV is more prevalent in Turkey compared to the 3% prevalence in industrialized coun tries [8], and it may be useful to screen donor blood and hemodialysis patients for HEV antibodies.…”