Prevention and control of viral hepatitis.
Viral hepatitis is a common disease caused by various hepatotropic viruses. An awareness of the characteristics and transmission patterns of these viruses will help nurses to understand the diverse clinical outcomes of infection and develop effective patient education and infection prevention and control strategies.
Richard Wells Research Centre, Thames Valley University, London. robert.pratt@tvu.ac.uk
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D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006525:Hepatitis, Viral, Human / Q000451:nursing / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012309:Risk-Taking