ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 332, May 2006 (replaces No. 203, July 1998): Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in obstetrician-gynecologists.
Obstet Gynecol. 2006 May;107(5):1207-8.
ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 332, May 2006 (replaces No. 203, July 1998): Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in obstetrician-gynecologists.
Committee on Gynecologic Practice, ACOG.
Hepatitis B and hepatitis C may be transmitted form patients to health care workers and from health care workers to patients. To reduce the risk, all obstetrician-gynecologists who provide clinical care should receive hepatitis B virus vaccine. Obstetrician-gynecologists who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive and e antigen positive should not perform exposure prone procedures until they have sought counsel from an expert review panel. Because the risk of hepatitis C virus transmission is lower than that of hepatitis B virus transmission, routine testing of health care workers is not recommended, and hepatitis C virus-positive health care workers are not required to restrict professional activities.
MeSH Terms: Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & control* – Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient/prevention & control* – Gynecology* – Hepatitis B/diagnosis – Hepatitis B/prevention & control – Hepatitis B/transmission* – He
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