Infection risks following accidental exposure to blood or body fluids in health care workers: A review of pathogens transmitted in published cases

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 367-375

  Tarantola, Arnaud ^a,d   Abiteboul, Dominique ^b,d   Rachline, Anne ^c,d  

^a National Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS)   (France)

^b Service de pneumologie A   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Group for the Prevention of Occupational Infections in Health Care Workers (Geres)   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

BACTERIUM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY FLUID; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DELTA AGENT HEPATITIS; EBOLA VIRUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRION DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YEAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BLOOD; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; BODY FLUIDS; FRANCE; HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFECTION; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRION DISEASES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK;

EID: 33746271572     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.11.011     Document Type: Review

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