Literature DB >> 10395148

Occupational exposure and voluntary human immunodeficiency virus testing: a survey of Maryland hospitals.

L Solomon1, C Thompson, L Squiers, K Wulff, G Benjamin.   

Abstract

A survey was conducted to estimate how often healthcare providers were exposed to patients' blood and the percentage of incidents in which patients agreed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) testing. Data from 38 hospitals with 53,508 employees revealed 2,244 exposures. Of 1,732 requests for information regarding the HIV status of the source patient, only 77 (6%) resulted in the patient's refusal to consent to an HIV test.

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Year:  1999        PMID: 10395148     DOI: 10.1086/501647

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol        ISSN: 0899-823X            Impact factor:   3.254


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Review 1.  Transmission and postexposure management of bloodborne virus infections in the health care setting: where are we now?

Authors:  B W Moloughney
Journal:  CMAJ       Date:  2001-08-21       Impact factor: 8.262

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