Health care-associated hepatitis C virus infection

Table 3 Main preventive measures aimed at blocking the transmission of hepatitis C virus in health care settings according to the situations schematized in Figure 1

	Prevention of patient to patient HCV transmission	Prevention of patient to HCW HCV transmission	Prevention of HCW to patient HCV transmission
Standard Precautions	X	X	X
Work practice controls	X	X	X
Engineered safety devices for injections		X	X
Use of single-use devices for injections	X
Biological screening of blood products, tissue and grafts	X
Restriction of activity of infected providers			X
Antiviral treatment of infected providers			X

HCV: Hepatitis C virus; HCW: Health care worker.