PHS Guidelines for Management of Occupational Exposure to HBV, HCV and HIV: Implementation for Health Care Facilities.(Public Health Service, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus)

Publication: American Family Physician

Publication Date: 01-NOV-01

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COPYRIGHT 2001 American Academy of Family Physicians

The U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) has updated and consolidated all of its previous guidelines and recommendations for the management of health care personnel who have occupational exposure to blood and other body fluids that might contain hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The new PHS guidelines were published in the June 29, 2001 issue of the Recommendations and Reports series of Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The updated PHS guidelines provide recommendations on postexposure management and prophylaxis and for implementation of...

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