Hepatitis B virus in a cardiopulmonary resuscitation training course. Risk of transmission from a surface antigen-positive participant.
A group exposure to cardiopulmonary resuscitation training manikins contaminated by saliva from a participant during the immediate presymptomatic infectious stage of "e" antigen-positive hepatitis B recently occurred. None of the 18 susceptible participants developed serologic or clinical evidence of new hepatitis B infection during the six-month postexposure observation period. The risk of transmission in this setting appears to be low. Postexposure prophylaxis does not appear indicated.
D002353:Carrier State; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000635:transmission*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000032:analysis*; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000193:education; D012306:Risk; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology*
D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens