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Acta Médica Costarricense

On-line version ISSN 0001-6002Print version ISSN 0001-6012

Abstract

BARAHONA-GARCIA, Ricardo. Transmisión de hepatitis B de trabajadores de la salud a los pacientes: Transmission of hepatitis B from health related workers to patients. Acta méd. costarric [online]. 2008, vol.50, suppl.3, pp.39-40. ISSN 0001-6002.

Health related workers may transmit infectious diseases to patients during procedures. Therefore, those workers infected with HBV and HBeAG (+) or viral burden ≥ to 105 20.000 copies/ml should avoid carrying out those procedures. They must be treated, sieved to detect any type of infection and vaccinated in the early formation. Besides, patients have the right to be informed of these risks before signing the informed consent.

Keywords : hepatitis B; infected workers; risk of transmission.

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