Hepatitis B : Prevention
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Avoid Injection Drug Use
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hepatitis B immune globulin
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People who are at high risk, including health care workers and those who live with someone with hepatitis B, should get the hepatitis B vaccine. The United States Public Health Service has recommended that all newborns and children who have not ye...
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Transmission of HBV occurs through blood and body fluid exposure such as blood, semen, vaginal secretions, or saliva. Hepatitis B is not spread through food or water or by casual contact. Infants may also develop the disease if they are born to a ...
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The best way to prevent any form of viral hepatitis is to avoid contact with blood and other body fluids of infected individuals. The use of condoms during sex is also advisable. If a person is exposed to hepatitis B, a serum preparation containin...
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This immunization protects against Hepatitis B , a serious disease that causes inflammation and damage to the liver and may lead to cirrhosis of the liver , chronic liver disease , and liver cancer .
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Hepatitis B vaccine is prepared in one of two ways: by concentrating and inactivating infectious particles in the circulating blood of persons who are hepatitis B carriers, or by using recombinant-DNA technology to artificially produce the antigen in yeast cells. In the United States, only the recombinant-DNA vaccine is currently available.
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The hepatitis B vaccine (HBV or HepB) is an injection that protects children from contracting hepatitis B, a serious disease caused by the hepatitis B virus. The hepatitis B vaccine consists of a small protein from the surface of the hepatitis B virus called the hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg).
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Safe sex means taking precautions during sex that can keep you from getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or from giving an STD to your partner. These diseases include genital herpes, genital warts, HIV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and others.
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These are procedures to be followed by all staff who are caring for a patient believed to be harboring a highly contagious dangerous pathogen, such as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), that is transmitted in blood, blood products, and other body fluids. Universal precautions were described in directives and guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1987, and in standards published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1991.
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The Precautionary Principle is referred to in the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; the declaration includes the principle, " Nations shall use the precautionary approach to protect the environment. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, scientific uncertainty shall not be used to postpone cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
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Universal precautions are safety procedures established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA). Purpose These precautions are used in medical and dental offices to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases to patients and health care workers.
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