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Problems in management of health care workers exposed to HBeAg positive body fluids
R Duthie1, P Morgan-Capner, M Wilson
1Public Health Laboratory, Infection Control and Occupational Health, Royal Preston Hospital, UK.
The Journal of Hospital Infection
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
A young Asian male was admitted to hospital suffering from severe lower limb and facial injuries. He was subsequently found to be a carrier of hepatitis B virus and HBeAg positive. The management of 38 health care workers with significant blood and body fluid exposure involving this patient is discussed.