The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America provides updated guidelines for management of healthcare workers with chronic hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, and HIV infection.
Sponsoring Organizations: The Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the HIV Medicine Association, and the Surgical Infections SocietyTarget Audience: Infectious disease specialists, academic medical centers, hospitals, healthcare facilities, medical schools and other healthcare professional schools
Background and Objective
The Centers for Disease Control last provided guidelines on management of healthcare personnel (HCP) with HIV infection in 1991 and HCP infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in 2012, and SHEA updated guidance on HCP with HIV, HBV, or hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 2010 (Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010; 31:203). This update incorporates advances in measuring viral l…
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DisclosuresConsult/Advisory BoardAcurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC;
Grant/Research SupportDoctors Company Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
DisclosuresConsult/Advisory BoardAcurx Pharmaceuticals, LLC;
Grant/Research SupportDoctors Company Foundation, Massachusetts Department of Public Health