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Hepatitis C virus


General preventive measures

  • Health education, training programmes for the personnel at risk.
  • Scrupulous compliance with the "universal precautions" to be followed at all times with all patients, regardless of their pathology and certainty of diagnosis.
  • Employment of appropriate personal protective devices (gloves, mask, white coats).
  • Abolition of the manoeuvre of needles' covering.
  • Collection of sharp materials, syringes and needles in appropriate containers before disposal.

Specific preventive interventions

At present, no vaccine is available against hepatitis C and neither is any measure of post-exposure prophylaxis.

 

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Ambulatories


Mortuary and autopsy rooms


Diagnostic services


Clinical wards


Operating theatres


Ambulatories


Mortuary and autopsy rooms


Diagnostic services


Clinical wards


Operating theatres


Hepatitis C virus