What is hepatitis B, the virus at the centre of the recent hospital infection alert?
- Written by Thomas Jeffries, Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University

News that a health worker at a Sydney hospital’s birth unit was infectious with hepatitis B for more than a decade has led to a health alert for mothers and babies.
The staff member worked at Nepean Hospital’s birth unit in Western Sydney while infectious with hepatitis B between 2013 and 2024.
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