title: ACOG Committee Opinion. Number 332, May 2006 (replaces No. 203, July 1998): Hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infections in obstetrician-gynecologists.
abstract: Hepatitis B and hepatitis C may be transmitted form patients to health care workers and from health care workers to patients. To reduce the risk, all obstetrician-gynecologists who provide clinical care should receive hepatitis B virus vaccine. Obstetrician-gynecologists who are hepatitis B surface antigen positive and e antigen positive should not perform exposure prone procedures until they have sought counsel from an expert review panel. Because the risk of hepatitis C virus transmission is lower than that of hepatitis B virus transmission, routine testing of health care workers is not recommended, and hepatitis C virus-positive health care workers are not required to restrict professional activities.
mesh_terms: D006176:Gynecology; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009774:Obstetrics