1. Caution must be exercised while consuming food and drink.
2. Hepatitis B and C must be tested for before giving or receiving blood.
3. Avoid close contact with the patient.
4. Using separate blades when shaving at the salon. It is better not to save in the salon.
5. Keep syringes and ingestion equipment sterile. Always use disposable syringes. Dr. Siddiq Publications
6. Avoid using patient razors, toothbrushes, nail clippers, skin pricks and blood collection equipment.
7. Keep skin cuts and wounds clean and cover with water proof bandages.
8. Do not have sex with an infected person.
9. Creating public awareness in public and private ways.
10. Taking the pentavalent vaccine is the only way to prevent it. Hepatitis-B vaccine dose is 4. The first 3 should be taken one month apart and the fourth should be taken one year after the first dose. A booster dose should be taken after five years. Dr. Siddiq Publications