The nurse working in a local department of health has been informed that a cook in a local restaurant has been diagnosed with hepatitis A
Individuals who ate at this restaurant and have never received the hepatitis A vaccine should be advised to receive:
A) The hepatitis A vaccine
B) The hepatitis B vaccine
C) The hepatitis A and B vaccines
D) An immune globulin injection
Ans: D
Feedback: For people not previously vaccinated, hepatitis A can be prevented by the intramuscular administration of globulin during the incubation period, if given within 2 weeks of exposure. Administration of the hepatitis A vaccine will not protect the patient exposed to hepatitis A, as protection takes a few weeks to develop after the first dose of the vaccine. The hepatitis B vaccine provides protection again the hepatitis B virus but plays no role in protection of the patient exposed to hepatitis A.
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