Nosocomial HIV infection: Epidemiology and prevention - A global perspective

AIDS Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-61

  Ganczak, Maria ^a   Barss, Peter ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Disease transmission; Donor; Epidemiology; HIV; Infection control; Injury; Latrogenic; Needlestick injuries; Nosocomial; Occupational; Patient; Prevention; Professional; Safety; Sharps injuries

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CITATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POVERTY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SHARPS DISPOSAL; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY;

EID: 42149132766     PISSN: 11396121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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