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MMWR: Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Office of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Series
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This report updates previous US Public Health Service recommendations for the management of health-care personnel (HCP) who have occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids that may contain Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV/AIDS. It contains recommendations for Hepatitis B Virus postexposure management including initiation of hepatitis B vaccine series to any susceptible, unvaccinated person who sustains blood or body fluid exposure. Guidance is provided to clinicians and exposed HCP for selecting the appropriate HBV postexposure prophylaxis (PEP). In addition, the report outlines several special circumstances including delayed exposure report, unknown source person, pregnancy in the exposed person, resistance of the source virus to antiretroviral agents, or toxicity of the PEP regimen when other consultation is advised.
Audiences
Occupational Nurses/Safety Officers
Physicians
Author
Population
Health Professionals
Disease
HIV/AIDS
Viral Hepatitis
Topics/Subjects
Transmission
Treatment and Care
Viruses
Workplace Issues
Subjects
HIV/AIDS Prevention
Medical Treatments and Therapies
Year of Publication
2001
Series
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Recommendations and Reports
Format
Serial
Physical Description
54 p.:b&w, appendixes, graphs, refs, tables.

Last Updated Date: 

4/25/14

Publication ID: 

30469