[Hepatitis prevention and its results--report of experiences in a dialysis department]

The results show that, taking into consideration the specificity of a dialysis ward, when the factors of hepatitis prophylaxis are performed consistently with the help of so-called usual measures the hepatitis contamination may decisively be influenced. They indicate that in the period from 1982 to 30 November 1985 neither in the staff nor in the patients the HbsAg was proved or the clinical picture of an infectious hepatitis appeared. Apart from the consistent observance of existing dialysis-specific sanitary rules the characterized infection dialysis unit and the dietary regimen described in a particular degree might have contributed to this result. The fundamental attitude described should be maintained also after active immunization, since unsuccessful vaccinations are known and the Non-A-non-B-hepatitis is by no means without importance for dialysis wards.