Guidance

Bloodborne viruses: managing severe serial penetrating injuries

For managing risk of bloodborne viruses (BBVs) like hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, after a severe serial penetrating injury attack.

• From: UK Health Security Agency
• Published: 6 June 2017
• Last updated: 3 October 2025
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  1. 3 October 2025

     Amended post-exposure hepB vaccination period, and proportion of people with unknown HIV infection.

  2. 3 October 2025

     Updated to HTML format.

  3. 6 June 2017

     First published.

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Management of potential bloodborne virus exposure following severe serial penetrating injury attack

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This guidance for clinical teams covers:

• assessing risk of transmission of BBVs
• post-exposure interventions for the management of BBVs
• managing BBVs in severe serial penetrating injury attack