The nurse is planning education for an adolescent client recently diagnosed with hepatitis. The client moved back to the parent's home

Which recommendation to the client's parents will best prevent them from acquiring hepatitis B (HBV)?
A) Refuse to donate blood.
B) Avoid contaminated water.
C) Obtain post exposure prophylaxis.
D) Abstain from alcohol.


Answer: C

Obtaining postexposure prophylaxis treatment will best help the client's parents from acquiring HBV. The HBV vaccine is started concurrently. HBV is not spread in water. Alcohol abuse is implicated in non-viral hepatitis. Donating blood will not increase the risk of acquiring HBV.

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