Integrated guidance on health clearance of healthcare workers and the management of healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV
SHPN guide to using the external guidance
- Version
- 1.0 Show version history
- Published
- 21 June 2023 (Latest release)
- Type
- Guidance
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
- Conditions and diseases
- Health protection
Overview
This Scottish Health Protection Network (SHPN) guide should be used alongside the external guidance that it relates to.
This guide covers the UKHSA 'Integrated guidance on health clearance of healthcare workers and the management of healthcare workers infected with bloodborne viruses, hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV'.
This external guidance has been approved for use in Scotland by the SHPN Guidance Group (SHPN-GG).
Intended audience
This guidance is for health protection professionals only.
Other people who require advice should contact their local health protection team.
What the guidance covers
This guidance covers:
- health clearance for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV for new healthcare workers
- management of healthcare workers infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV, including monitoring arrangements for those performing exposure prone procedures
- guidance and arrangements for undertaking patient notification exercises following the diagnosis of healthcare workers with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV
- roles and responsibilities of the UK Advisory Panel on healthcare workers with blood borne viruses (UKAP) and other parties involved in the management of healthcare workers infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV
Guide for use in Scotland
The guidance is acceptable for use in Scotland in its current form.
View the external guidance
This external guidance should be used together with the guide for use in Scotland provided on these pages.