Advantages of the rapid HIV-1 test in occupational accidents with potentially contaminated material among health workers

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 199-201

  Machado, Alcyone Artioli ^a   Martinez, Roberto ^a   Haikal, Amira Aparecida ^a   Rodrigues Da Silva, Marta Cristina Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

AIDS; ELISA; Health care workers; HIV 1; Immunoabsorption test; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035406617     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000400004     Document Type: Article

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