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ArticleJournal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)2018

Hepatitis C in healthcare personnel: secondary data analysis of therapies with direct-acting antiviral agents.

Claudia Westermann, Dana Wendeler, Albert Nienhaus

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Article in Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hepatitis C in healthcare personnel: follow-up analysis of treatments with direct-acting antiviral agents.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2021
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  8. Descriptive review of junior OB/GYN physicians' work task financial compensation in German hospitals.Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia Westermann1Competence Centre for Epidemiology and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistr. 52, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3442-8382
Dana WendelerDepartment of Occupational Medicine, Hazardous Substances and Public Health, Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services (BGW), Pappelallee 33-37, 22089 Hamburg, Germany.
Albert Nienhaus1Competence Centre for Epidemiology and Health Services Research for Healthcare Professionals (CVcare), Institute for Health Services Research in Dermatology and Nursing (IVDP), University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Martinistr. 52, 20146 Hamburg, Germany.
Universität Hamburg · DENational Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHepatitis C Virus (HCV) infections are blood-borne, generally chronic and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The aim of this study is to describe the results of therapies with direct-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) in healthcare personnel.

methodsSecondary data analysis using data from the Statutory Accident Insurance of the Health and Welfare Service. The study surveyed DAA therapies administered to insured parties (healthcare personnel with an HCV infection recognised as an occupational disease) in Germany between 01/01/2014 and 30/11/2016. The end points were results of monitorings carried out twelve weeks after the end of treatment (SVR12), side effects and the results of the assessment of reduced work ability after treatment. Multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to model SVR12.

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conclusionHigh SVR12 rates were achieved in the sample population, with positive effects on their work ability. Early HCV therapy seems reasonable due to the increased chance of successful treatment of the infection.

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Blood-borne infectionsDirect-acting antiviral agentsHealthcare personnelHepatitis C virusOccupational exposure

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PMID29849741
PMCPMC5970510
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