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For an HBsAg-positive healthcare worker performing exposure-prone procedures with low-level viremia and no fibrosis, what HBV DNA target (complete suppression vs a specific cutoff) do you use to justify antiviral therapy solely to reduce occupational transmission risk?

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Hepatology · Mount Sinai Hospital

I thought I answered this already. From the legal perspective, the ADA protects physicians, as well as everyone else. However, before any surgery, the physician would need to add that risk to the consent form of contracting hepatitis B, which may not be too appealing to the patients, as they can’t b...

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