Risk of transmission of blood-borne viral infection in orthopaedic and trauma surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 313-323

  Lemaire, Roger ^a   Masson, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B CORE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS B(E) ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HEPATITIS VACCINE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BLOOD; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN T CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS 1; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; NEEDLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATION DURATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SKIN INJURY; SURGEON; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRAUMATOLOGY; VACCINATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034055837     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.82B3.14194     Document Type: Review

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