Accidental exposures to hapatitis virus among hospital employees in Kawasaki Medical School Hospital *
We investigated accidental exposures to blood, including hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) -infected blood, among hospital employees of Kawasaki Medical School Hospital during April, 1996 through March, 1999. The incidence of accidental blood exposure during these three years was 291 cases. The main cause of accidental blood exposure (240/291 cases, 82.5%) was needlestick injures. There were 33 cases of HBV exposures and 98 cases of HCV exposures. Neither the HBV exposure cases nor the HCV exposure cases developed hepatitis. (Accepted on October 12, 2000) Kawasaki Igakkaishi 26 (4) : 233―236, 2000
