Challenges in HIV post-exposure prophylaxis for occupational injuries in a large teaching hospital in Malawi

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-6

  Van Oosterhout, Joep J G ^a   Nyirenda, Mulinda ^a   Beadsworth, Michael B J ^a   Kanyangalika, Joseph K ^a   Kumwenda, Johnstone J ^a   Zijlstra, Eduard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MEDICAL AUDIT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPHYLAXIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL;

EID: 33947314472     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/004947507779951961     Document Type: Article

References (8)

1. Gumodoka B, Favot I, Berege ZA, Dolmans WM. Occupational exposure to the risk of HIV infection among health care workers in Mwanza Region, United Republic of Tanzania. Bull World Health Organ 1997;75:133–140
2. Newsom DH, Kiwanuka JP. Needle-stick injuries in a Ugandan teaching hospital. Ann Trop Med Parasitol 2002;96:517–522
3. Consten EC, van Lanschot JJ, Henny PC, Tinnemans JG, van der Meer JT. A prospective study on the risk of exposure to HIV during surgery in Zambia. AIDS 1995;9:585–588
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Updated US Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Post-exposure Prophylaxis. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2001 Vol. 50; No. RR-11
5. Cardo DM, Culver DH, Ciesielski CA, et al. A case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health care workers after percutaneous exposure. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Needlestick Surveillance Group. N Engl J Med 1997;337:1485–1490
6. Lewis DK, Callaghan M, Phiri K, et al. Prevalence and indicators of HIV and AIDS among adults admitted to medical and surgical wards in Blantyre, Malawi. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2003;97:91–96
7. Nyirenda N, Beadsworth MBJ, Stephany P, Munthali C, Hart CA, Zijlstra EE. The prevalence of HIV-1, hepatitis B and hepatitis C among Malawi in-patients at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi. 11th Conference of the Federation of Infection Societies, Cardiff, UK, 2005
8. Ministry of Health and Population. Treatment of AIDS, Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Therapy in Malawi. 1st edn. Lilongwe: Ministry of Health and Population, 2003