Active hepatitis B/C

This card covers UNCOMPLICATED CHRONIC hepatitis B/C with preserved liver function. Acute hepatitis and decompensated/cirrhotic liver disease are managed on their own cards (acute-hepatitis and cirrhosis/liver-coagulopathy modules) — assess those separately. Two dimensions here: (1) TRANSMISSION — HBV/HCV are blood-borne; the correct approach is STANDARD PRECAUTIONS for every patient, not special isolation or a separate 'infectious' scheduling list (US: CDC/OSHA; UK/Intl: equivalent standard-precautions guidance); (2) LIVER FUNCTION — chronic infection alone rarely restricts dental care, but if impairment signs appear (jaundice, ascites, easy bruising, encephalopathy) prescribing caution scales with severity and you cross over to the cirrhosis modules. Key principle: infection control is STANDARD for all; prescribing caution tracks liver-disease SEVERITY, not hepatitis status itself.