Table II.

Hepatitis C virus prevalence in population groups at risk of iatrogenic transmission by European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) country

	Haemodialysis recipients			Recipients of medical/dental procedures			Recipients of SOHO			Diabetes patients			Healthcare workers			General population
	N	Prevalence (%)	Ref.	N	Prevalence (%)	Ref.	N	Prevalence (%)	Ref.	N	Prevalence (%)	Ref.	N	Prevalence (%)	Ref.	Prevalence* (%)
France	3	7.7–16.3	[31], [44], [45]	1a	1.4–3.2	[27]	2d	8.2–47.1	[23], [27]	3g	2.1–8.2	[27]				0.8
Germany	2	3.6–5.2	[46], [47]	1b	11.3	[48]										0.4
Greece	2	24–29	[32], [33]				2e	2–54.2	[22], [49]							2.2
Italy	2	15.1–18.8	[34], [35]	1c	8.9	[50]	4f	35.5–95.4	[21], [51]	1	5.9	[25]	2h	3–6.4	[39], [40]	0.4–5.9
Netherlands													1i	1.4	[52]	0.1
Poland													7j	0.8–1.7	[28], [29], [30], [38], [53], [54]	0.7
Lithuania	1	12.5	[17]													1.5
Romania	2	27.3–39.3	[18], [19]							2	4.5–7.7	[55]	1	1.07	[18]	3.2
Spain	3k	5.7–53.1	[20], [56]							1	2.4	[26]				0.2–1.1
Sweden										1	0.7	[37]				0.06
UK	1	3.3	[42]													0.04
Multi-countryl	1	6.7	[36]
EU/EEA wide	17	3.3–39.3		3	8.9–11.3		8	2–95.4		8	0.7–9.2		11	0.8–6.4		1.1

*Prevalence estimates were derived from a previously published systematic review (Hofstraat et al. Epidemiol Infect 2017; 14:2873–85).

N, number of included studies.

^aDiabetes patients who had surgery, endoscopy or other invasive procedures.

^bPersons who received cardiac surgery as infants before 1991.

^cFamily members of hepatitis C virus positive (HCV+) persons who have had dental procedures.

^dIncludes one study in diabetes patients who had blood transfusions (prevalence: 8.2%) and one study in HIV-positive recipients of blood transfusions (prevalence: 47.1%).

^eIncludes one study in cardiac surgery patients who received blood units (prevalence: 2%).

^fIncludes one study in patients with inherited bleeding disorders treated before 1986 (prevalence: 95.4%).

^gIncludes one study in diabetes patients who had blood transfusions (prevalence: 8.2%) and one study in diabetes patients who had medical procedures.

^hIncludes one study on healthcare workers (HCWs) with high risk of exposure (prevalence: 3%).

ⁱExposure prone procedures-performing HCW.

^jIncludes one study in which the sample includes administrative personnel (prevalence: 1.7%).

^kIncludes one study in which the sample was composed of HIV-positive individuals.

^lThe study covered the following countries: Belgium, Italy, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden and UK.