PPT-Hepatitis A, B, C: Overview, Serologies, and Vaccination

Connie Tien June 6 2016 Objectives Develop a basic understanding of the modes of transmission clinical manifestations and laboratory findings of hepatitis A B C Know what serologies to order for acute versus chronic viral hepatitis A B C. Hepatitis A formerly called infectious hepatitis and hepatitis B formerly called serum hepatitis have been recognized as separate entities since the early 1940s and can be diagnosed with specific serologic tests Delta hepatitis is an infection depen Overview . Adapted from the FAD PReP/NAHEMS . Guidelines. : Vaccination for Contagious Diseases (2014). National Veterinary Stockpile. Regulation of veterinary vaccines. Types of vaccines. Vaccine delivery and delivery devices: syringes, needles, etc. . History . In 1963, Dr Baruch . Blumberg. accidentally discovered an antigen that detected the presence of hepatitis B in blood samples.. Dr . Blumberg. and his team identified a strange antigen from a blood sample of an Austrian Aborigine.. Connie Tien. June 6, 2016. Objectives. Develop a basic understanding of the modes of transmission, clinical manifestations, and laboratory findings of hepatitis A, B, C. Know what serologies to order for acute versus chronic viral hepatitis A, B, C. September 26, 2012. 1. Why is influenza vaccination being measured among healthcare personnel?. Influenza can be spread by an ill person one day . before. to 7 days . after. onset of symptoms.. Healthcare personnel (HCP) care for, or are in frequent contact with, patients with influenza or at high risk for complications of influenza.. Condition. National Notification Criteria*. Print Criteria†. Hepatitis. . A. Confirmed. Confirmed. Acute . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. Confirmed. Chronic . hepatitis. . B. Confirmed. . and. . probable. Resources, Recommendations and Special Considerations. Summer/Fall 2018. Purpose-To . Provide Environmentalists: . General information about Hepatitis A Virus (HAV). Overview of contact investigation done by Epidemiologist/Communicable Disease. Scenario. Confirmed. . hepatitis. . A*. . AND…. Classification. Rationale. Hepatitis. . C. . virus. . (HCV). . test. . conversion. *. . documented. Confirmed. . acute. . hepatitis. . C. ��HEPATITIS A��Page of s there a vaccine for hepatitis A?Yes, hepatitis A vaccine is recommended for all children at 12 months of age. Anyone 12 months of age and older who 1 In some circumstances, advice in these guidelines may differ from that in the Summary of Product Characteristics of the vaccines. When this occurs, the recommendations in these guidelines, which are 1 In some circumstances, advice in these guidelines may differ from that in the Summary of Product Characteristics of the vaccines. When this occurs, the recommendations in these guidelines, which are Revised 12/2012 What are the symptoms of HCV infection? Approximately 20 percent of those exposed to HCV develop symptoms such as jaundice (yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes), fatigue, dark In Indiana, the 10-year trend of hepatitis A decreased from 329 cases in 1997 to 33 cases in 2006. Many cases have unknown exposures, while some reported traveling internationally. In A in an element General term for Inflammatory condition of the . liver. Most commonly the result of a viral . infection. . 5 unrelated . hepatotropic.  viruses . (hepatitis.  A, B, C, D, and . E). All of the hepatitis viruses cause acute .