[Health personnel and viral hepatitis. Risk and prevention].
Health care workers are exposed to the risk of viral hepatitis. There has recently been a shift in epidemiology from hepatitis B to hepatitis A, and these subjects are less and less spontaneously immunized before entering their profession; vaccination, therefore, should benefit them. Concerning hepatitis B, vaccination has made a huge impact and considerably reduced the number of occupational cases. The occupational risk for hepatitis C virus infection seems to be much lower than the risk for hepatitis B.
Service de Médecine préventive, CHR, Orléans.
J
J
Germanaud
X
X
Causse
D006282:Health Personnel; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases; D012307:Risk Factors
Le personnel de santé face aux hépatites virales. Risque et prévention.