Hepatitis C after Needlestick Injuries
- Resource Type
- Academic Journal
- Authors
- Hill, Norwood O.
- Source
- Annals of Internal Medicine. Feb 15, 1992 116(4):345-346
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0003-4819
To the Editors: Kiyosawa and colleaguesʼ article (1) on hepatitis C in hospital employees raises the question of why hepatitis C virus (HCV) was not added to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines issued in July. These guidelines were intended to prevent transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or hepatitis B virus (HBV) from infected health care workers to patients. The guidelines recommend that health care workers determine their HIV and HBV status and, if infected, refrain from doing invasive procedures.