Hepatitis C virus and the risk to the healthcare worker
| dc.contributor.author | Greyling, Pauline | |
| dc.contributor.author | Le Roux, Theo L.B. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Botha, Liesl | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-05-20T09:43:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-05-20T09:43:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission is six times higher per needle-stick exposure than is the risk of HIV infection (1.8% vs 0.3%). The prevalence of HCV in South Africa is not known but estimated to be between 0.1 and 0.7%. Genotype 5 is predominantly found in South Africa. Currently there is no protocol in place for HCV exposure. The treatment cost of HCV is expensive. Currently none of the insurance companies covers post-HCV exposure. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.librarian | am2015 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.saoa.org.za | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Greyling, P, Le Roux, TLB & Botha, L 2014, 'Hepatitis C virus and the risk to the healthcare worker ', SA Orthopaedic Journal, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 35-38. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1681-150X | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/45193 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | South African Orthopaedic Association | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | South African Orthopaedic Association | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Transmission risk | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Post-exposure protocol | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Hepatitis C virus (HCV) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | HCV exposure | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Hepatitis C virus and the risk to the healthcare worker | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |