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TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1975
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DR. LEE SAID THERE IS AT PRESENT NO ACTIVE IMMUNISATION AGAINST THE DISEASE, AND ALL PREVENTIVE MEASURES HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC IN THREE RESPECTS HYGIENE, PERSONAL HYGIENE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE.
HE SAID THE SUCCESS IN THE PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS DEPENDS ON FULL PUBLIC COOPERATION.
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HE-SAID DURING THE LAST CHOLERA OUTBREAK SIX YEARS AGO, THROUGH PUBLIC COOPERATION THE DISEASE WAS DROUGHT UNDER CONTROL.
+THE SAME SUCCESS CAN BE ACHIEVED IN REGARD TO INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS IF EVERYONE OBSERVES THE SIMPLE RULES OF PERSONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND FOOD HYGIENE,+ HE SAID.
THESE MEASURES NOT ONLY HELP IN THE PREVENTION OF INFECTIOUS HEPATITIS BUT ALSO OTHER INTESTINAL DISEASES WHICH TEND TO INCREASE IN WARMER MONTHS, HE ADDED.
DR. LEE WENT ON TO EXPLAIN THE OTHER FORM OF HEPATITIS SERUM HEPATITIS, WHICH IS TRANSMITTED BY TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD OR BLOOD PRODUCTS FROM AN INFECTED PERSON.
THE INFECTION MAY BE SPREAD THROUGH CONTAMINATED NEEDLES ANY SYRINGES, ACUPUNCTURE AND TATOOING.
HE SAID THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN IN BLOOD AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH SERUM HEPATITIS HAS PROVIDED AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON WHO IS EITHER A CARRIER OR HAS HAD THE DISEASE.
ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL WAYS IN PREVENTING SERUM HEPATITIS ARISING FROM BLOOD TRANSFUSION IS THE SCREENING OF THE BLOOD FOR AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN. AT PRESENT THE TESTING OF BLOOD COLLECTED BY THE DRITISH RED CROSS IN HONG KONG IS CARRIED OUT ON SELECTED SAMPLES INCLUDING BLOOD FROM DONORS WHO GIVE A HISTORY OF JAUNDICE.
DR. LEE SAID ACTION IS NOW IN HAND TO SET UP A LABORATORY AT QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL WHERE ALL BLOOD SAMPLES COLLECTED BY THE BRITISH RED CROSS WILL BE TESTED AS A ROUTINE FOR AUSTRALIA ANTIGEN.
IT IS ENVISAGED THAT THIS SERVICE WILL BECOME OPERATIONAL IN ABOUT TWO MONTHS.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT MEASURE IN THE PREVENTION OF THIS DISEASE, HE SAID, IS TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THE USE OF SYRINGES AND NEEDLES OF ALL FORMS, WHICH MUST BE STERILISED.
+THE EMPLOYMENT OF DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT WOULD ELIMINATE THE DANGER OF TRANSMISSION OF THE DISEASE, HE ADDED.
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