ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2003
Managing occupational risks for hepatitis C transmission in the health care setting.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 133 citations in OpenAlex.
- The prevalence of hepatitis C among healthcare workers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2015Pooled it
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- Update on Hepatitis C Epidemiology: Unaware and Untreated Infected Population Could Be the Key to Elimination.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2020Review
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- Analysis of hepatitis C infection using Raman spectroscopy and proximity based classification in the transformed domain.Biomedical optics express · 2018Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Screening Trends: Serial Cross-Sectional Analysis of the National Health Interview Survey Population, 2013-2015.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2018Article
- Hepatitis C Virus Postexposure Prophylaxis in the Healthcare Worker: Why Direct-Acting Antivirals Don't Change a Thing.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2017Review
- Occupational Health Update: Focus on Preventing the Acquisition of Infections with Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and Postexposure Prophylaxis.Infectious disease clinics of North America · 2016Review
- Postexposure prophylaxis after hepatitis C occupational exposure in the interferon-free era.Current opinion in infectious diseases · 2016Review
- Manual accidents, biological risk control, and quality indicators at a children's hospital in north-east Italy.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2015Article
- Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection.World journal of gastroenterology · 2014Review
- Cleaning and sterilisation of anaesthetic equipment.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2013Review
- New tools in HCV diagnosis, in light of the enhanced awareness and the new drugs for treatment: SMARTube and stimmunology.TheScientificWorldJournal · 2013Article
- Hospital epidemiology and infection control in acute-care settings.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2011Review
- Factors associated with seroprevalence of hepatitis C among dentists at a large Brazilian city.Virology journal · 2009Article
- Post-exposure Prophylaxis : What Every Health Care Worker Should Know.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2008Article
- Efficacy and safety of pegylated-interferon alpha-2a in hemodialysis patients with chronic hepatitis C.World journal of gastroenterology · 2008Article
- Perceptions of orthopaedic surgeons regarding hepatitis C viral transmission: a questionnaire survey.Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England · 2007Article
- Occupational deaths among healthcare workers.Emerging infectious diseases · 2005Article
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1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a significant contemporary health problem in the United States and elsewhere. Because it is primarily transmitted via blood, hepatitis C infection presents risks for both nosocomial transmission to patients and occupational spread to health care workers. Recent insights into the pathogenesis, immunopathogenesis, natural history, and treatment of infection caused by this unique flavivirus provide a rationale for the use of new strategies for managing occupational hepatitis C infections when they occur. This article reviews this developing information. Recently published data demonstrate success rates in the treatment of "acute hepatitis C syndrome" that approach 100\%, and although these studies are not directly applicable to all occupational infections, they may provide important clues to optimal management strategies. In addition, the article delineates approaches to the prevention of occupational exposures and also addresses the difficult issue of managing HCV-infected health care providers. The article summarizes currently available data about the nosocomial epidemiology of HCV infection and the magnitude of risk and discusses several alternatives for managing exposure and infection. No evidence supports the use of immediate postexposure prophylaxis with immunoglobulin, immunomodulators, or antiviral agents. Based on the very limited data available, the watchful waiting and preemptive therapy strategies described in detail in this article represent reasonable interim approaches to the complex problem of managing occupational HCV infections, at least until more definitive data are obtained.
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