著者

千野 武広

出版者

松本歯科大学学会

雑誌

松本歯学 (ISSN:03851613)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.10, no.1, pp.1-16, 1984-06-30

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The exposure of medical care staff to viral hepatitis is well known and the preventive measures against infection by viral hepatitis in the hospital have been presented as one of the important items on the agenda of the National Japan Conference of the Directors of Dental College Hospitals on several occasions. Current status at each Dental College Hospital was reported and discussed. In the present report, in addition to the results of surveys on infection by type B hepatitis virus at each Dental College Hospital, current status of the preventive measures against infection by viral hepatitis in each of these hospitals are reported. Survey data reported by Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Showa University School of Dentistry, Nippon Dental University, Josai Dental University, Kyushu Dental College, Kagoshima University Faculty of Dentistry and our College were used as referece. According to these surveys, it seems that dentists and predoctoral students in the Dental College belong to a high risk group for hepatitis B infection. This would indicate that the college or university, as an educational institution, should provide the students with sufficient training regarding the nature of HB hepatitis, as well as preventive procedures. The countermeasures for the infection by viral hepatitis in the hospital have been practiced in each Dental College and University Hospital according to the Medical Institution Guidelines for Type B Hepatitis. Those who engage in dental care should sufficiently recognize the danger of nontransvenous infection and practice necessary preventive measures to avoid infection.