Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus and other blood-borne infections in healthcare workers: Guidelines for prevention and management in industrialised countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 446-451

  FitzSimons, D ^a   Francois G ^b   De Carli, G ^c   Shouval, D ^d   Pruss Ustun A ^a   Puro, V ^c   Williams, I ^e   Lavanchy, D ^a   De Schryver, A ^f   Kopka, A ^g   Ncube, F ^h   Ippolito, G ^c   Van Damme, P ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES L SPALLANZANI   (Italy)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f EXTERNAL SERVICE FOR PREVENTION AND PROTECTION AT WORK   (Belgium)

^g SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INDUSTRIALIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARAMEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; VACCINATION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS VIRUSES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK MANAGEMENT; VACCINATION;

HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 47049109649     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.032334     Document Type: Review

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