Accidental exposure to biological material in healthcare workers at a university hospital: Evaluation and follow-up of 404 cases

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 295-300

  Gutierrez, Eliana Battaggia ^a,b   Heloísa Lopes, Marta ^a   Shikanai Yasuda, Maria Aparecida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; INDINAVIR; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NELFINAVIR; RITONAVIR;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONSULTATION; COUNSELING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VOMITING;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VACCINES; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 17444403977     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540410026103     Document Type: Article

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