Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, January 24, 2003 / Vol. 52 / No. RR-1

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• Alternative Title:
  Prevention and Control of Infections with Hepatitis Viruses in Correctional Settings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Lyerla, Harold Craig ; Margolis, Harold S. ; Weinbaum, Cindy M.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Infectious Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Hepatitis.
• Description:
  This report consolidates previous recommendations and adds new ones for preventing and controlling infections with hepatitis viruses in correctional settings. These recommendations provide guidelines for juvenile and adult correctional systems regarding 1) identification and investigation of acute viral hepatitis; 2) preexposure and postexposure immunization for hepatitis A and hepatitis B; 3) prevention of hepatitis C virus infection and its consequences; 4) health education; and 5) release planning. Implementation of these recommendations can reduce transmission of infections with hepatitis viruses among adults at risk in both correctional facilities and the outside community. These recommendations were developed after consultation with other federal agencies and specialists in the fields of corrections, correctional health care, and public health at a meeting in Atlanta, March 5-7, 2001. This report can serve as a resource for those involved in planning and implementing health-care programs for incarcerated persons.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Health Education Hepatitis, Viral, Human Humans Occupational Exposure Prisons Risk Factors Serologic Tests Vaccination
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, 2003; v. 52, no. 1
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987 (print) ; 1545-8601 (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Issue
• Genre:
  Guideline
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  44 pdf pages
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  1
• Collection(s):
  Guidelines and Recommendations Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7290/cdc_7290_DS1.pdf
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