Hepatitis B Virus

It is therefore always best to assume that blood and body fluids are infectious (even if the person does not have HBV they may be carrying HIV or Hepatitis C Virus). Therefore ALL spillages of blood and body fluids should be decontaminated with chlorine or one of the new products introduced by NewGenn?. Chlorine is effective but it releases toxic chlorine gas if mixed with acidic liquids

Other names used for this microbe:

• HBV ? as an abbreviation.

Where does it come from and why?
HBV is a human virus that circulates purely within the human population.

How does it invade and affect people?
It is transmitted through blood and body fluids that contain blood.

Diseases caused
50% of those infected are never ill and most of the remainder just feel a bit ill and assume they have a "touch of the flu". An extremely small number of people show acute hepatitis.

90% of those infected beat the infection and develop strong immunity. The remaining 10% become carriers when the virus inserts its DNA into the DNA of the liver cells so that every time the liver cells divide, which they do frequently, more virus is made. Those who become carriers have a strong chance of developing liver cancer many years after infection.

Prevention
A very effective vaccine is available and the number of people infected each year has fallen dramatically since the vaccine was introduced. However the vaccine is usually only given to those at high risk so the rest of the population must rely on common sense and good hygiene.

Blood and body fluids are the threat but most carriers do not know they have the virus and therefore do not know to warn their family and contacts. It is therefore always best to assume that blood and body fluids are infectious (even if the person does not have HBV they may be carrying HIV or Hepatitis C Virus). Therefore ALL spillages of blood and body fluids should be decontaminated with chlorine or one of the new products introduced by NewGenn?. Chlorine is effective but it releases toxic chlorine gas if mixed with acidic liquids, which is usually the case with urine and vomit.

Is there any GOOD NEWS?
Yes ? the vaccine is very effective, bleach is good at killing the virus and the NewGenn? High Level Disinfectant is capable of killing the virus in blood and body fluids. For details on NewGenn® High Level Disinfectant go to our product pages. NewGenn? High Level Disinfectant is safe enough to use close to patients and children.