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Hepatitis C: transmission, treatment and occupational risk
1Faculty of Health, South Bank University, London. washerpj@sbu.ac.uk
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|September 11, 2002
Abstract:
There is a risk to nurses of contracting hepatitis C through occupational exposure, although in the UK infection is mainly limited to intravenous drug users. In this article Peter Washer discusses what is currently known about the virus, mainly focusing on transmission, treatment and the risk of occupational exposure.