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Purpose: Exposure to blood-transmitted pathogens is a serious professional risk faced by health workers. This study was carried out with the aim of evaluating the preoperative seroprevalence of HBsAg, anti-HCV and anti-HIV patients under dental surgery under general anesthesia and increasing the awareness of health workers about blood-based diseases. Material-Method: The blood sample results of 2440 patients applying for optional dental surgery between October 2016 and February 2018 were reversed in the direction of seroprevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), HCV antigen (anti-HCV) and HIV antigen (anti-HIV). The average age of patients was 13.23 ± 11.02. 54.3 percent of patients were male and 45.7 percent female. Preoperative patients had seroprevalence of HBsAg and anti-HCV; 0.25% and 0.17% respectively. The positive rates of HBsAg and Anti-HCV were found lower than the data obtained from literature. The anti-HIV result in patients: Hepatitis-B, Hepatitis-C and HIV are viruses that can be infected with body fluids. Knowing the frequency of infection in preoperative patients is important to protect against the disease. Early diagnosis of the disease will provide significant advantages for vaccination and treatment, as it will protect the patient from future complications. Also, the patient's HBsAg, anti-HCV and HIV positivity will be known before the intervention; it will ensure that doctors and other health workers take preventive measures against the transmission of the disease. All health workers should be trained on professional diseases and vaccinated against hepatitis B. In addition, all patients are considered as potential carriers, general measures should be taken and these measures should be applied rigorously, especially in the hospital.

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