A sanitation worker has experienced a needle stick by a contaminated needle that was placed in a trash can. The employee health nurse expects that which drug will be used to provide passive immunity to hepatitis B infection?
Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
Hepatitis B virus vaccine (inactivated)
Varicella Virus vaccine
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin/antibodies
The Correct Answer is D
D. Immunoglobulins offer passive immunity to bind the viral particles
A. No role against hepatitis infection
B. A form of active immunity against hepatitis B infection
C. No role against hepatitis virus

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