A female client who has just been diagnosed with hepatitis A asks, “How could I have gotten this disease?” What is the nurse’s best response?
a. “You may have eaten contaminated restaurant food.”
b. “You could have gotten it by using I.V. drugs.”
c. “You must have received an infected blood transfusion.”
d. “You probably got it by engaging in unprotected sex.”
Answer A.
Hepatitis A virus typically is transmitted by the oral-fecal route - commonly by consuming food contaminated by infected food handlers. The virus isn’t transmitted by the I.V. route, blood transfusions, or unprotected sex. Hepatitis B can be transmitted by I.V. drug use or blood transfusion. Hepatitis C can be transmitted by unprotected sex.
a. “You may have eaten contaminated restaurant food.”
b. “You could have gotten it by using I.V. drugs.”
c. “You must have received an infected blood transfusion.”
d. “You probably got it by engaging in unprotected sex.”
Answer A.
Hepatitis A virus typically is transmitted by the oral-fecal route - commonly by consuming food contaminated by infected food handlers. The virus isn’t transmitted by the I.V. route, blood transfusions, or unprotected sex. Hepatitis B can be transmitted by I.V. drug use or blood transfusion. Hepatitis C can be transmitted by unprotected sex.
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