Hepatitis Shots For Healthcare Workers

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Hep C - is neg neg? (healthcare worker)

3 years ago I tested positive for hep c antibodies. My liver functions were normal and my pcr (50 copies per ml) was undetectible. I had another LFT last year which was in the low normal. I've never been sick. I've been celebate for 7 yrs....

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Your lab results indicate exposure and clearance of the infection.... Read more »

hep c risk in healthcare worker

I am an ICU RN and have had several patients infected with Hep C. While taking care of my last Hep... Read more »

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D. »

occult hepatitis c

I am a health care worker.I had what I think was acute hepatitis c .But I am not sure how this... Read more »

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Articles

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Evaluation of Safety Devices for Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Phlebotomy Procedures:

Health-care workers (HCWs) are at risk for infections withbloodborne pathogens resulting from occupational exposures toblood through percutaneous injuries (PIs). Phlebotomy, one of themost commonly performed medical procedures, has been... Read more »

Alaska Offers Hepatitis B Shots for High-Risk Adults

A federal grant is helping the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services cover the cost of providing free hepatitis B vaccinations to at-risk adults. The three-shot series will be available at state public health centers into 2010. Persons at... Read more »

Important Drug Warning: Results of Pharmacokinetic Study in Healthy Volunteers Given Victrelis (Boceprevir) and Ritonavir-Boosted HIV Protease Inhibitors May Indicate Clinically Significant Drug Interactions for Patients Coinfected With Chronic Hepatitis C and HIV

Dear Health Care Professional, The purpose of this communication is to inform you of recent pharmacokinetic study results evaluating drug interactions between VICTRELIS, an oral chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3/4A protease inhibitor, and... Read more »

Canada: 226 Told to Have HIV, Hepatitis C Tests

A former health care worker who was present in the operating room during 226 neurosurgeries has tested positive for HIV and hepatitis C, prompting Alberta Health Services (AHS) to screen possibly affected patients. The staffer worked in Edmonton... Read more »

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Poz Healthcare workers

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I'm an HIV+ guy who works in medicine, and I am desperately seeking others like me. I am having a great deal of difficulty with my shift-work schedule and the high stress level of my work. How do others cope? My health is declining because of... Read more »

i am a health care worker...

Posted by Anonymous

I am a health care worker in Baltimore. Every other patient that
I come into contact with in my clinic is an HIV or AIDS patient.
I would like everyone who has this disease to know that I pray
for a cure everyday, and do my best to help those who... Read more »

read about redcross these dirty rotten workers

Posted by nomoreworry4me

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention International News
UK Soldiers May Have Been Exposed to Contaminated Blood

January 10, 2008

Eighteen British military casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan may have received unscreened blood transfused... Read more »

needlestick injury (medical worker)

Posted by frankie78, 1 Reply

I know my risk is extremely low, but the more reassurance I get, the better I feel. I work for a medical device reprocessing company and we collect single used devices from the operating room. I was picking up a container one day and a syringe (that... Read more »

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