Hepatitis post exposure prophylaxis

For the detailed response of questions referring to measures taken after exposition to Hepatitis B or C or HIV we developed on this website a special extensive piece of information in German. With the following link you can connect immediately to it:

To the post exposure prophylaxis scheme.

Brief commendations:

Measurements taken after Hepatitis B exposition (e.g. pinprick)

Risk
risk of trasference of Hepatitis B when exposed to pinprick: 10-30% (not-selected index persons: 1:250)

Infectivity
present, if indexperson is HBsAg positive

Immunisation protection
present, if  in exposed person anti-HBs >100IE/I

No immunisation protection
anti-HBs < 10/I-active and passive immunisation start simultaneously

Insufficient immunisation protection:
anti-HBs 10-100: start active boostering

Active immunisation:
Engerix B® or HB-Vaxpro® 10 initial, month 1+6

Passive immunisation:

Hepatect CP® 8-10 IE/KG i.v. (0,16-0,2ml/kg weight) or
HB-IG Behring® 00,6 ml/kg weight i.m.

Measurements taken after Hepatitis C exposition (e.g. pinprick)

Risk
risk of transference 2-3% (not-selected index persons: 1:6.500)

Immunisation
not available

Early therapy
start immediately after infection confirmation or after exclusion of spontaneous cure after three months

Procedure
when suspicion of acute HCV infection:
Diagnostics: HCV-AK initial, HCV PCR after 4 and 12 weeks, get in touch with specialized centre