Hepatitis C Infected Health Care Workers

Hepatitis C Infected Health Care Workers

Description	Advice to health professionals about hep C and EPPs - HDL and guidance issued
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Website Publication Date	November 21, 2002

HEPATITIS C INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS

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Contents

Introduction
Summary of HDL (2002)75
Previous advice and scope of new guidance
Transmissions to patients from hepatitis C infected health care workers
Minimising the risk of occupational exposure to hepatitis C infection
Restriction on the practice of hepatitis C infected health care workers
Testing for hepatitis C virus RNA
Use of identified and validated samples
Health care workers who have had antiviral therapy
Health care workers who refuse to be tested
Occupational health advice to hepatitis C infected health care workers
Confidentiality
Duties of other health care workers
Management of blood exposure incidents
Patient notification exercises
Redeployment, retraining and benefits
Associated documentation
Annex A: Exposure prone procedures

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