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CDNA National Guidelines – Healthcare workers who live with blood borne viruses, perform exposure prone procedures, or are at risk of exposure to BBVs

These guidelines from the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) contain the current expert consensus on the evidence for health care workers and their blood borne virus (BBV) status.

Published:

1 October 2019

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CDNA National Guidelines – Healthcare workers who live with blood borne viruses, perform exposure prone procedures, or are at risk of exposure to BBVs

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Publication type:

Guideline

Published:

1 October 2019

Description:

These guidelines contain the current expert consensus on the evidence for health care workers and their blood borne virus status.

The recommendations include measures to prevent transmission, and to manage and treat health care workers with:

hepatitis B virus
hepatitis C virus
human immunodeficiency virus.

Last updated:

3 December 2025

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CDNA National Guidelines for healthcare workers on managing bloodborne viruses

Last updated:

3 December 2025