Cumming C G, Peutherer J F, Smith G L
J Infect. 1986 Mar;12(2):157-9. doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(86)93658-3.
There is a need to assess the risk to members of the dental profession in the U.K. of acquiring hepatitis B from patients. Towards this end a study was performed in order to determine the degree of carriage of serological markers of hepatitis B in a sample of dental workers in and around Edinburgh. Of a total of 88 persons tested only one, a dental assistant, was positive. She had evidence of past infection but did not give a history of previous jaundice. We conclude that in the Edinburgh area the risk of dental personnel acquiring hepatitis B from patients is very small and that routine active immunisation is not necessary. Those who volunteer to treat known hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers should be offered immunisation and the recommendations of the expert group of the Health Departments of Great Britain on the treatment of HBV carriers should be implemented.
有必要评估英国牙科行业人员从患者那里感染乙肝的风险。为此进行了一项研究，以确定爱丁堡及其周边地区牙科工作人员样本中乙肝血清学标志物的携带程度。在总共88名接受检测的人员中，只有一名牙科助理呈阳性。她有既往感染的证据，但没有黄疸病史。我们得出结论，在爱丁堡地区，牙科人员从患者那里感染乙肝的风险非常小，常规主动免疫没有必要。那些自愿治疗已知乙肝病毒（HBV）携带者的人员应接受免疫接种，并且应执行英国卫生部专家组关于治疗HBV携带者的建议。
