Silently, Laura, akes her way to the refrigerator, knowing she needs to take her medication. Hoping this medicine reurion and inferon will help her disease, Hepatitis C, she prays and waits for the results. Each year, 150,000 new cases of Hepatitis C are discovered in the United States (Brown. e...

The hepatitis C virus is a blood borne and RNA virus. It was discovered only recently, in the late 1980's. It is transmitted when infected blood enters the blood stream of another person. Because many people with hepatitis C do not know they have the virus, it can be spread unknowingly. Tra...

Bloodborne Pathogens What are Bloodborne Pathogens? Bloodborne Pathogens are pathogenic microorganisms that can eventually cause disease. They are found in human blood and other bodily fluids such as synovial fluid, semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid and any other fluid that mixes or...