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==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Individuals who are at increased risk of hepatitis B infection include: | Individuals who are at increased risk of [[hepatitis B infection]] include: | ||
* Infants born to infected mothers | * Infants born to [[infected]] mothers | ||
* Young children in day-care or residential settings with other children in endemic areas | * Young children in day-care or residential settings with other children in [[endemic]] areas | ||
* Sexual/household contacts of infected persons | * Sexual/household contacts of [[infected]] persons | ||
* Patients and employees in haemodialysis centres | * Patients and employees in [[haemodialysis]] centres | ||
* Injection drug users sharing unsterile needles | * Injection drug users sharing unsterile needles | ||
* People sharing unsterile medical or dental equipment | * People sharing unsterile medical or dental equipment | ||
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* Sexually active heterosexuals | * Sexually active heterosexuals | ||
* Men who have sex with men | * Men who have sex with men | ||
* Hemophilia patients | * [[Hemophilia]] patients | ||
* Travel to areas where hepatitis B is common | * Travel to areas where hepatitis B is common | ||
Frequent and routine exposure to [[blood]] or [[serum]] is the common denominator of healthcare occupational exposure. | Frequent and routine exposure to [[blood]] or [[serum]] is the common denominator of healthcare occupational exposure.<ref name=WHO>{{cite web | title = Hepatitis B | url = http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/HepatitisB_whocdscsrlyo2002_2.pdf }}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: João André Alves Silva, M.D. [2]
Overview
Risk Factors
Individuals who are at increased risk of hepatitis B infection include:
- Infants born to infected mothers
- Young children in day-care or residential settings with other children in endemic areas
- Sexual/household contacts of infected persons
- Patients and employees in haemodialysis centres
- Injection drug users sharing unsterile needles
- People sharing unsterile medical or dental equipment
- People providing or receiving acupuncture and/or tattooing with unsterile medical devices
- Persons living in regions or travelling to regions with endemic hepatitis B
- Sexually active heterosexuals
- Men who have sex with men
- Hemophilia patients
- Travel to areas where hepatitis B is common
Frequent and routine exposure to blood or serum is the common denominator of healthcare occupational exposure.[1]
References
- ↑ "Hepatitis B" (PDF).