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Which disease is health care providers most likely to get? - ANSWER ✔✔- Hep B
Can many types of viruses still be virulent within dried caked blood? - ANSWER
✔✔- Yes
Can health care workers give out information on the HPPA patient disclosure
form? - ANSWER ✔✔- No
Discuss transmission, incubation of Hep A - ANSWER ✔✔- acute, infected, fecal-
oral; 2-6 weeks incubation
Discuss transmission, incubation, S/S of Hep B - ANSWER ✔✔- carrier, infected
blood; 6 week to 6 month incubation; Sx - jaundice, fatigue, loss of appetite,
nausea, abdominal discomfort, dark urine, clay colored bowels, joint pain
Discuss transmission, incubation, S/S Hep C - ANSWER ✔✔- infected, infected
blood; 2 weeks to 6 months incubation; Sx - cirrhosis, liver cancer
Discuss transmission of Hep D - ANSWER ✔✔- carrier, must have Hep B
Discuss transmission, S/S, and prognosis of Hep E - ANSWER ✔✔- infected,
fecal-oral; no chronic infection, only severe w/pregnancy
Can Hepatitis live and be transmitted in dried/caked blood? - ANSWER ✔✔- Yes
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