Description
This issue offers the latest information regarding the transmission of hepatitis viruses in various healthcare settings. It delves with a very timely and interesting patient safety subject that specifically targets healthcare professionals, gastroenterologists, hepatologists, oncologists, dentists and all healthcare workers to adopt and share a variety of best practices to prevent this adverse event. Well known faculty in liver disease, infection control as well as a medical practice in a legal setting have been assembled to produce a comprehensive and concise edition that highlights the latest information regarding hepatitis B and C transmission in healthcare. It aims to provide an overview on the molecular epidemiology, the outbreak reports, the transmission in hemodialysis, endoscopy, dental, oncology, management, legal aspects and the infection prevention measures to reduce the risk of needless exposure of patients to these blood borne pathogens.
Chapter
Chapter 2. Occupational Exposure of Health Care Personnel to Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C: Prevention and Surveillance Strategies
RISK OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C VIRUS EXPOSURES IN HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL
PROTECTING HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL FROM EXPOSURE TO BLOOD AND BODY FLUIDS
MEASURES TO PREVENT HEPATITIS B OR HEPATITIS C INFECTION AFTER AN EXPOSURE
Chapter 3. Molecular Epidemiology of Health Care– Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses
PROBLEMS AND OBSTACLES IN INVESTIGATING HEPATITIS B VIRUS OR HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN THE HEALTH CARE SETTING
TECHNIQUES OF MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEPATITIS C AND B
HEPATITIS C IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
HEPATITIS B IN HEALTH CARE SETTINGS
THE FUTURE OF HEPATITIS MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY
Chapter 4. Health Care– Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Hemodialysis Units
INFECTION CONTROL PROCEDURES AGAINST HBV IN DIALYSIS UNITS
NATURAL HISTORY OF HBV INFECTION IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS
HBV-RELATED LIVER DISEASE IN DIALYSIS: BIOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE
THERAPY OF HEPATITIS B IN DIALYSIS PATIENTS
NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF HCV IN DIALYSIS
MODES OF NOSOCOMIAL TRANSMISSION OF HCV IN DIALYSIS UNITS
NATURAL HISTORY OF HCV INFECTION IN DIALYSIS UNITS
THERAPY OF HEPATITIS C IN DIALYSIS POPULATION
COMBINATION THERAPY FOR HEPATITIS C IN DIALYSIS
Chapter 5. Health Care–Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Endoscopy Units
TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C DURING GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B DURING GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C AND HEPATITIS B BETWEEN ENDOSCOPY PERSONNEL AND PATIENTS
PREVENTION OF THE TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C AND HEPATITIS B DURING GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY
Chatper 6. Health Care–Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C in Oncology Care
HEPATITIS B TRANSMISSION RELATED TO BLOOD PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION
HEPATITIS C TRANSMISSION RELATED TO BLOOD PRODUCT ADMINISTRATION
TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B AND C RELATED TO BREACHES IN INFECTION CONTROL
Chapter 7. Management of Acute Hepatitis B
INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACUTE HBV
THE CLINICAL SEQUENCE OF ACUTE HBV INFECTION
SEROLOGIC MARKERS OF HBV INFECTION
IMMUNE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN RESOLUTION OF ACUTE HBV
VARIANTS OF ACUTE HBV INFECTION
EXACERBATIONS IN CHRONIC HBV MIMICKING ACUTE INFECTION
Chapter 8. Health Care–Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B & C Viruses in Dental Care (Dentistry)
CLINICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL HISTORY OF HBV INFECTION
HEPATITIS B AND THE DENTAL CARE SETTING
CLINICAL FEATURES AND NATURAL HISTORY OF HCV INFECTION
HEPATITIS C AND DENTAL CARE SETTING
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURES TO HBV AND HCV IN DENTISTRY
Chapter 9. Health Care–Associated Hepatitis B and C Viruses: Legal Aspects
OVERVIEW OF SOURCES OF LAW
LEGAL STANDARDS RELATING TO THE PREVENTION OF TRANSMISSION
LIABILITY ASSOCIATED WITH EXPOSURE AND TRANSMISSION
FUTURE LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 10. Infection Control Guidelines for Prevention of Health Care–Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses
OVERVIEW OF HEALTH CARE–ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B AND HEPATITIS C
Chapter 11. US Outbreak Investigations Highlight the Need for Safe Injection Practices and Basic Infection Control
OUTBREAKS: RECENT UNITED STATES EXPERIENCE
CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT, SUPPLIES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
THE CLINICIAN’S ROLE IN IDENTIFYING HEALTH CARE–ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS
PREVENTING HEALTH CARE–ASSOCIATED BLOODBORNE VIRUS INFECTIONS
Chapter 12. Health Care Workers as Source of Hepatitis B and C Virus Transmission
HEALTH CARE WORKER–TO–PATIENT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS B
HEALTH CARE WORKER–TO–PATIENT TRANSMISSION OF HEPATITIS C
PRACTICES TO PREVENT TRANSMISSION OF BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS FROM INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS
MANAGEMENT OF INFECTED HEALTH CARE WORKERS
Chapter 13. Management of Acute Hepatitis C
DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE HCV INFECTION
TREATMENT OF ACUTE HCV INFECTION
OPTIMAL TIMING OF TREATMENT
OPTIMAL TREATMENT REGIMEN
TREATMENT OF HIV–CO-INFECTED OR HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS
Health Care-Associated Transmission of Hepatitis B and C Viruses, An Issue of Clinics in Liver Disease
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