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Surgery Assistant Jun 6, 2002 I am an Oral Surgery Assistant and during a Surgery with a Hepitis C patient a piece of bone flew in my eye. Even though I was wearing safety glasses. Should I be concerned? |
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 The exposure you describe is unlikely to transmit HCV. Even a direct needlestick from an HCV infected person would be expected to transmit HCV in ~3% of cases. Nevertheless, you should be screened and followed through employee health to make sure you remain negative for HCV. | ||||||||
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