A female client who has just been diagnosed with hepatitis A asks. “How could I have gotten this disease?” What is the nurse’s best response?

You may have eaten contaminated restaurant food.”

Hepatitis A virus typically is transmitted by the oral-fecal route commonly by consuming food contaminated by infected food handlers. The virus isnt transmitted by the I.V. route. blood transfusions. or unprotected sex. Hepatitis B can be transmitted by I.V. drug use or blood transfusion. Hepatitis C can be transmitted by unprotected sex.