Major Risk Factors for Hepatitis A, B and C





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			Major Risk Factors for Hepatitis A, B and C

Major Risk Factors for Hepatitis A, B and C

Hepatitis A

Person-to-person contact
Poor personal hygiene
Poor sanitation
Unsafe sexual practices
Employment or contact with daycare centers and health care institutions such as nursing homes
Street drug use

Hepatitis B

Hemodialysis
Patients of custodial institutions for developmentally disabled
Exposure to blood or blood clots products
Needle-stick injury
Sexual activity with multiple partners (heterosexual or homosexual)
IV drug use
Infants of HBV-positive mothers
Tattooing
Body piercing

Hepatitis C

Hemophilia patients who received clotting products prior to 1987
Hemodialysis
Organ transplant
IV drug use
Blood transfusion prior to 1992
Needle-stick injury
Tattooing
Body piercing
Sexual activity with multiple partners (heterosexual or homosexual)