Universal Precaution

Universal Precautions" is an approach to infection control. According to the concept of Universal Precautions, all human blood and certain human body fluids are treated as if known to be infectious for HIV, HBV, and other blood borne pathogens.

Reference

Blood borne Pathogens

Definition

Blood borne Pathogens" means pathogenic microorganisms that are present in human blood and can cause disease in humans. These pathogens include, but are not limited to, hepatitis B virus (HBV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Reference

Hepatitis B

CLINICAL FEATURES

• Jaundice • fatigue • abdominal pain

• loss of appetite • intermittent nausea • vomiting

ETIOLOGIC AGENT

•Hepatitis B virus

INCIDENCE

•140,000-320,000 infections/yr in United States •70,000-160,000 symptomatic infections/yr

SEQUELAE

•Of symptomatic infections, 8400-19,000 hospitalizations/yr and 140-320 (0.2%) deaths/yr; •Of all infections, 8,000-32,000 (6%-10%) chronic infections/yr, and 5,000-6,000 deaths/yr from chronic liver disease including primary liver cancer

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