Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays so far!

I am curious to know if your health center / institution includes SGPT/ALT in your BBP exposure follow-up protocol for either the source or the employee. I would be interested in knowing why you include or do not do so. It used to be a part of routine protocol as a proxy to detect asymptomatic hepatitis in the source, but am not sure if that is relevant now, given the current more sensitive tests.

I am aware of a study done by Bill Buchta in Mayo many years ago and a talk that he gave on this topic.

Thanks!

Abhijay

Abhijay P. Karandikar, MD, MPH, FACOEM

On Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 3:02:59 PM EST, Therese Bovee-McKelvey <tmboveemckelvey@evergreenhealthcare.org> wrote:

I’m told there are safety issues that prevent the use of PAPR’s (PPE to prevent exposure to plume) when using lasers. What are facilities using and what is best practice?

Thank you,

Therese Bovee McKelvey, MN, RN Supervisor - Employee Health

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