الفهرس 
HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND HAEMODIALYSISOnly 14 pages are availabe for public view
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Abstract
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This thesis study was a prospective, observational, and cohort clinical study subjected to a sample of 151 (one hundred and fifty one) HD patients, males and females of two HD units located in Cairo / Egypt.
The course of study has lasted for one year at 3 months regular follow up measurement session.
Among those selected 151 HD patients included in this study, three cases had seroconverted into HCV positive.
Sero-conversion rate was 1.25% (1 patient) at 3rd month of follow up in group (A) and 2.8% (2 patients) seroconversion rate at 6th month of follow up in group (B).
Application of most infection control measures items in high percentage followed up by checklist method like (hand hygiene before and after each patient) lowered sero-conversion rate except (Wearing gloves, changing them between patients, using protective mask & gowns) which was the least applied items from the checklist.
The results showed that SGPT and ferritin levels had independent predictor of sero-conversion in both groups.