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How can hepatitis b be prevented?
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Vaccine, avoid risk: Vaccination is now standard for health care workers, and pediatric vaccines. This should decrease risk from needle stick injuries and sexual transmission. Avoid risk: don't shoot drugs, or snort them. Condoms also help decrease risk of transmission of hep b and other STDs main risk is from birth in endemic regions (exposure to infected mother's blood); infants get Immune Globulin and vaccin.
Answered 2/19/2015
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Immunizations: In the long run, widespread immunization will be the best way to prevent hepatitis b.
Answered 3/22/2013
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