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HEPATITIS A MARKER:
HAV-Total,
HAV-IgM,
Anti -HAV.
Hepatitis B
What are the clinical symptoms?
HEPATITIS B SEROLOGY:
HEPATITIS B MARKERS:
HBsAg:
Present in acute or chronic infection.
Anti HBs:
Present in recovery or immunization.
Anti -HBc:
May be Total (IgG&IgM) or IgM. Lifelong marker of
past
and active infection in either acute or
chronic.
HBeAg:
Acute infection, and extremely infectious.
Anti-Hbe:
Usually prognostic for resolution.
prevention of hepatitis B is
immunization
Hepatitis B can be prevented using
either preexposure prophylaxis with
hepatitis vaccine or postexposure
prophylaxis with hepatitis B
immune globulin and hepatitis
vaccine.
Hepatitis C Virus
(HCV)
Discovered in 1989 as a small RNA blood-borne virus
Symptoms +/Titer
HCV RNA
ALT
Normal
0
Months
Time after Exposure
Adapted from MMWR 1998; 47(No. RR19)
Years
Titer
Symptoms +/-
ALT
Normal
0
Months
Time after Exposure
Adapted from MMWR 1998; 47(No. RR19)
Years
injection.
What is hepatitis B
vaccine?
Who should be
vaccinated?
Communication of
Hazards
This part of the ECP describes
labeling
The biohazard legend must be
placed on all containers of
blood or OPIM.
The container for storage ,
transport , or shipping shall
bear this label
follow-up
An exposure incident is a specific eye, mouth, other mucous
FACTS:
Hepatitis B can be prevented with a safe
FACTS:
HBV can be transmitted by sexual
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