Hepatitis C in Healthcare Settings
Prevention & Control of Hepatitis C in Healthcare Settings
These resources may be of use to healthcare practitioners:
Protecting Patients
- Table 1. Recommended infection-control and safe injection practices to prevent patient-to-patient transmission of bloodborn pathogens.
- Sterilization and disinfection
of medical devices: General principles
Protecting Healthcare Workers
- Workbook for Designing, Implementing,
and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
A workbook designed for Infection Control & Occupational Health Personnel, Hospital Administrators and Sharps Injury Prevention Committees. - Exposure to Blood - What Health-Care Workers Need to Know Updated: July 2003PDF (10 pages / 371KB)A published booklet with important information about occupational exposures to blood, the risks of infection and important measures that should occur after an exposure.
- Fact Sheet: Universal Precautions and Protective Barriers 1996
- Laundry: Washing Infected Material
Guidelines
- Guideline for Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings 2007 PDF(1.33MB /219 pages)
- Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients. MMWR 2001;50(No. RR-5)
- Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease. MMWR 1998
- Updated PHS Guideline for Management of Occupational HIV/HBV/HCV Exposures (2001)
- Management of Occupational Exposures
to He patitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure
Prophylaxis-Updated 2001
Public Health Service Guideline along with Posters, Slide Sets, and CD-ROM
Date last modified: March 27, 2008
Content source:
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)
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BBP Exposure Resources
- PEPLINE Exposure Hotline
Up-to-the-minute advice on managing occupational exposures (e.g., needlesticks, splashes, etc.) to HIV, hepatitis and other bloodborne pathogens - National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation (NCCC) Hotline