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Can A Healthcare Worker Practice With Hepatitis C
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is this acute or chronic hep-cI am a health care worker.Back in 1992 I had some mild increase in LFT ALT 60 hepatitis-c antibody was negative they came down to normal this happend again in 1995 again hep-c antibody was negative at that time also,and in May 2005 hep-c negative...
Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.
Tufts University School of Medicine
For health care workers, needlestick injuries with exposure to blood can lead to acute hepatitis C. I believe that is what happened to you. 1. Your liver function tests in the past were only modestly abnormal and that was probably due to some degree...
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Being informed of HIV and Hepatitis prior to accepting jobI was hired and accepted a job in a Dialysis center where HIV and Hepatitis-C is present. I was not... Read more »
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