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[Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series on a new guideline from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) regarding the management of providers who are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In last month's issue, we gave you an overview of the guideline, which procedures are at greatest risk of transmission, and the recommendations for infected staff. In this issue, we further explain the new guidelines and discuss how to decide which workers to test.]

Engage surgeons to protect selves, patients