Magnitude Of Hepatitis B And C Viruses Infection Knowledge Attitude And Practice On The Disease Among Flying Cabin Crew Of Ethiopian Airline Group Ethiopia

Back ground: World health organization reported that an estimated 1.4 million deaths occurrnper year from acute infection and hepatitis-related liver cancer and cirrhosis. This is atrncomparable to that of HIV and tuberculosis, placing a large number of travelers at risk of bothrnHBV and HCV infections worldwide. With the rise in international travel over the last threerndecades, many travelers are at risk of HBV and HCV infection. Flying cabin crews arernconsidered to be international traveler. rnObjective: To assess the magnitude of Hepatitis B and C Virus, Knowledge, Attitude andrnPractice towards Hepatitis B and C virus infection among flying cabin crew of Ethiopian airlinerngroup. rnMethods: Institutional based cross-sectional study among 411 flying cabin crew of Ethiopianrnairline group was conducted from December 2019 to May2020. The KAP towards HBV andrnHCV was gathered using structured questionnaire. About four ml of venous blood sample usingrnSS tubes was collected. And rapid screening test for both HBsAg and anti-HCV Ab Ab wasrnperformed from serum sample. Furthermore, positive samples by the rapid screening test werernconfirmed by using a confirmatory enzyme linked immune sorbent assay test. Finally, the datarnwere entered and analyzed using SPSS 25.v. statistical software. rnResults: The magnitude of HBsAg among flying cabin crew of Ethiopian Airline group was 0.49rn%( n=2/411) but there were no cases positive for anti-HCV Ab (n=0/411).Overall mean score ofrnknowledge towards HBV and HCV was found to be 7.84 ± 1.10while that of attitude was 8.38 ±rn1.10. Regarding to practice, 23.8% (98/411) of the participants were exposed to blood and/orrnbody fluids of others, but only 20.2% of them get vaccinated. rnConclusion: According to this study, the magnitude of HBsAg and anti-HCV Ab among flyingrncabin crew of Ethiopian airline was low. Even though the magnitude is low, 23.8 % of themrnoccupationally exposed to blood and/or body fluid of others. But only a fifth of them vaccinated. rnSince they are occupationally exposed for infection, continuing providing proper personalrnprotective equipments, applying standard precautions and vaccinated all cabin crews should bernthe most crucial things.

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