Healthcare Personnel with Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, or HIV
Publication Date: October 13, 2020
Key Points
Key Points
- This document updates the "Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) Guideline for Management of Healthcare Workers Who Are Infected With Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C virus, and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus" published in 2010.
- Since 2010, only 5 instances of healthcare personnel (HCP)-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) (n = 2), hepatitis C virus (HCV) (n = 3), or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) (n = 0) have occurred, underscoring the low risk for these events.
- In addition, interventions have been developed to reduce risks for occupational exposures and injuries, rendering the healthcare environment less risky for both patients and HCP. Effective antiretroviral therapy can now fully suppress HIV, rendering the person noninfectious to others, even through sexual contact.
- This document addresses Category III/exposure-prone procedures and notes that institutions are encouraged to individualize their own processes to address local circumstances, including state and local statutes.
Definitions
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...ors Contributing to the Pathogenesis and Tra...
...Viral Load Thresholds for Any Restr...
...Categorization of Healthcare-Associated Proced...
Management
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...nsibilities of Healthcare Organizations
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...Living with HBV HCP living with HBV should see...
HCP Living with HCV HCP living with HCV sh...
...ng with HIV HCP living with HIV should se...
Oversight of HCP Living with a Bloodborne Pa...