Infected physicians and invasive procedures: Safe practice management

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1665-1672

  Reitsma, Angelique M ^a,f   Closen, Michael L ^b   Cunningham, Marshall ^c   Minich, Henry N F ^e   Moreno, Jonathan D ^a   Nichols, Ronald L ^d   Pearson, Richard D ^a   Sawyer, Robert G ^a   Wispelwey, Brian ^a   Tereskerz, Patricia M ^a   Lombardo, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Virginia ^*

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPOSURE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MANAGEMENT; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DECISION MAKING; DISCLOSURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21144454926     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/429821     Document Type: Review

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