Table 3.

High-risk individuals who should be screened for chronic hepatitis B virus infection

Expatriate individuals as part of their pre-employment assessment

Healthcare workers

Household contacts of HBV carriers

Sexual contacts of HBV carriers or individuals with high risk sexual behavior

Dialysis patients

History of intravenous drugs

Individuals with abnormal liver enzymes

Pregnant women

Inmates

Individuals needing immunosuppressive or cancer chemotherapy

HCV- or HIV-infected individuals

Blood or organ donors