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MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
Volume 15, Issue 5, Pages 3336-3339Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2017.6378
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health-care workers; human hepatitis C; biological risk; lymphoma; occupational exposure
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Health care workers (HCWs) are frequently exposed to different biological agents during their activities and are frequently monitored. Among these infectious agents, human hepatitis C (HCV) can infect HCWs. In this review article, the risk of HCV infection among HCWs is discussed along with extrahepatic HCV-related malignancies, such as non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Accidental contamination, represented by percutaneous and mucocutaneous infections is the main risk factor for such infection. The compliance of the protection procedures, included in the current regulation for HCWs, is the most important issue to reduce the risk of pathogen infections that in turn may produce reduction of infection-associated malignancies.
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