Hepatitis Test Results and Interpretations

Keywords / Description:

The Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Laboratories and the Hepatitis Prevention Program developed this one page document that assists healthcare professionals in interpreting hepatitis B-related laboratory results based on exposure type or risk factors. The document provides guidance on test result interpretation for exposures that occurred less than 3 months ago to several years ago and for several different hepatitis B lab tests.

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Toolkit:

Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Immunization, Infectious Diseases, Screening

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

Florida Department of Health

Submitted:

12/27/2010

Modified:

08/03/2011

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