Do you have to wear a mask to take care of a newborn baby when you’re triple positive?

Minor triple positive care for newborns usually does not need to wear a mask. Minor triple positive refers to patients who are positive for hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B e antibody and hepatitis B core antibody in the hepatitis B penta test. Minor triple positive patients do not have active viral replication, but may still be infectious. Since hepatitis B is mainly transmitted from mother to child, blood or body fluids, and sexually transmitted, the risk of transmission is relatively small if there is no exposure to body fluids when living together. Therefore, when taking care of a newborn baby, patients with HBV don’t need to wear a mask, and if a family member has HBV, try to take the child to get the HBV vaccine as early as possible to reduce the risk of being infected. Keep the dishes separate, don’t feed the child by mouth, and maintain good personal hygiene for both the child and yourself.