标题：Should it be a trigger to establish a medical regulatory body in Korea?:A case of hepatitis C epidemic due to reuse of disposable syringes in a local clinic in Seoul
期刊名称：Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions
电子版ISSN：1975-5937
出版年度：2015
卷号：12
期号：1
页码：1-2
DOI：10.3352/jeehp.2015.12.58
语种：English
出版社：Korea Health Insurance Licensing Examination Institute
摘要：A case of hepatitis C epidemic was reported at a local clinic in Seoul,Korea,according to official reports by the Korea Cen_x0002_ters for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on Novem?ber 22 and December 4,2015 [1].Prior to December 4,2015,78 anti-hepatitis C virus seropositive visitors (7.8%) out of 1,055 examined were found.Seropositive visitors all received infusion treatment at the local clinic.Of the 78 positive visi?tors,hepatitis C virus DNA was detected in 55,meaning in?fection was present,although there were no cases of severe complication.This situation was first reported to KCDC on November 19,2015.KCDC dispatched epidemiology officers to the local clinic,where they interviewed related persons and searched the medical records.They concluded that the hepati?tis C epidemic originated from reuse of disposable syringes during fluid infusion,enabling transmission of the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood.The seropositive rate of hepatitis C viral infection in Korean adults was reported to be 0.7% in 2012-2014 (https://knhanes.cdc.go.kr);therefore,the 7.8% positive rate could not be explained as community ac?quired infection.The hepatitis C virus genotype 1a,the genotype of the positive visitors,was also detected in the clinic’s environmental samples.The local clinic was shut down im?mediately and visitors received follow-up screening for blood?borne infectious diseases.A physician from the local clinic confessed that he had been disabled due to cerebral hemor?rhage since 2012,resulting specifically in cerebral and lan?guage disabilities.He also stated that the reuse of disposable syringes occurred after his cerebral illness.
关键词：A case of hepatitis C epidemic was reported at a local clinic in Seoul,Korea,according to official reports by the Korea Cen_x0002_ters for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on Novem?ber 22 and December 4,2015 [1].Prior to December 4,2015,78 anti-hepatitis C virus seropositive visitors (7.8%) out of 1,055 examined were found.Seropositive visitors all received infusion treatment at the local clinic.Of the 78 positive visi?tors,hepatitis C virus DNA was detected in 55,meaning in?fection was present,although there were no cases of severe complication.This situation was first reported to KCDC on November 19,2015.KCDC dispatched epidemiology officers to the local clinic,where they interviewed related persons and searched the medical records.They concluded that the hepati?tis C epidemic originated from reuse of disposable syringes during fluid infusion,enabling transmission of the hepatitis C virus through contaminated blood.The seropositive rate of hepatitis C viral infection in Korean adults was reported to be 0.7% in 2012-2014 (https://knhanes.cdc.go.kr);therefore,the 7.8% positive rate could not be explained as community ac?quired infection.The hepatitis C virus genotype 1a,the genotype of the positive visitors,was also detected in the clinic’s environmental samples.The local clinic was shut down im?mediately and visitors received follow-up screening for blood?borne infectious diseases.A physician from the local clinic confessed that he had been disabled due to cerebral hemor?rhage since 2012,resulting specifically in cerebral and lan?guage disabilities.He also stated that the reuse of disposable syringes occurred after his cerebral illness.
