An audit of obstetricians' management of women potentially infected with blood-borne viruses

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 328-332

  Giles, Michelle L ^a   Sasadeusz, Joseph J ^b   Garland, Suzanne M ^a   Grover, Sonia R ^c   Hellard, Margaret E ^d  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS VACCINE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SCREENING TEST; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 1842728687     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05967.x     Document Type: Article

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