ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 332, May 2006 (replaces No. 203, July 1998): Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in obstetrician-gynecologists.
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Abstract
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.
Medical subject headings
- Gynecology
- Hepatitis B
- Hepatitis C
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient
- Obstetrics