Infection Control Guidelines for Prevention of Health Care-Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses

Clinics in Liver Disease

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-136

  Michelin, Angela ^a   Henderson, David K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloodborne hepatitis infection; Hepatitis transmission; Occupational medicine; Viral hepatitis

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; VIRUS DNA;

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 74549226142     PISSN: 10893261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cld.2009.11.005     Document Type: Review

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