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Hepatitis B in Healthcare Settings

Prevention & Control of Hepatitis B in Healthcare Settings

 

Protecting Patients

• Sterilization and disinfection of medical devices: General principles
• Sterilization and disinfection of Patient-care equipment: HIV Related

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 MMWR, December 19, 2003 / 52(RR17);1-61
• Sterilization and disinfection of Patient-care equipment: HIV Related
• Recommendations for preventing transmission of HIV and hepatitis B virus to patients during exposure-prone procedures. MMWR July 12, 1991 / 40(RR08);1-9

Protecting Healthcare Workers

• Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
  A workbook designed for Infection Control & Occupational Health Personnel, Hospital Administrators and Sharps Injury Prevention Committees.
• Exposure to Blood - What Health-Care Workers Need to Know Updated: July 2003PDF (10 pages / 371KB)A published booklet with important information about occupational exposures to blood, the risks of infection and important measures that should occur after an exposure.
• Interactive Website to Help Healthcare Workers Exposed to Patient Bodily Fluids UCLA AAEM
• Laundry: Washing Infected Material
• Fact Sheet: Universal Precautions and Protective Barriers 1996

Guidelines

• Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings, 2003 MMWR, December 19, 2003 / 52(RR17);1-61
• Updated PHS Guideline for Management of Occupational HIV/HBV/HCV Exposures (2001) MMWR June 29, 2001 / 50(RR11);1-42
• Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories 4th edition, 1999
• CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel, 1998
• Immunization of Health Care Workers:Recommendations of ACIP and HICPAC. MMWR, December 26, 1997 / 46(RR-18);1-42
• Postexposure Prophylaxis for Hepatitis B, Recommendations of ACIP. Appendix A MMWR November 22, 1991 / 40(RR-13);21-25
• Protection Against Viral Hepatitis Recommendations of the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) MMWR February 09, 1990 / 39(RR-2);1-26
• CDC Guidelines for Prevention of transmission of HIV and hepatitis B virus to health-care and public-safety workers MMWR June 23, 1989 / 38(S-6);3-37
• CDC's Universal precautions for prevention of transmission of HIV, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings - Update MMWR June 24, 1988 / 37(24);377-388 1988
• Prevention of Perinatal Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus: Prenatal Screening of all Pregnant Women for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen MMWR June 10, 1988 / 37(22);341-6,351
• Recommendations for prevention of HIV transmission in health care settings. MMWR August 21, 1987 / 36(SU02);001

Date last modified: June 6, 2007
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