title: Protecting patients from surgical hepatitis C virus infection.
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Ball
mesh_terms: D026683:Advisory Committees; D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D013502:General Surgery; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000635:transmission; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007258:Informed Consent; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012307:Risk Factors; D013022:South Carolina; D014481:United States