"Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Health Care Workers Referred to a Hepatitis Clinic."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Medical Journal of Australia, "Objectives: To assess method of acquisition, presence of liver disease, potential infectivity and the effect on work practices in health care workers with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection referred to a hepatitis clinic. Patients and Methods: All 33 health care workers referred to a hepatitis clinic for management of HCV infection because of a positive test for HCV (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 1994 (comprising six medical practitioners, 18 nurses, two scientists and seven others) were retrospectively assessed for most likely method of...

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