Rationale against preoperative screening for HIV in Polish hospitals: A prevalence study of anti-HIV in contrast to anti-hepatitis C virus and hepatitis B surface antigen

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1227-1229

  Gańczak, Maria ^a   Szych, Zbigniew ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SCREENING TEST; SEROPREVALENCE; SURGICAL PATIENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; POLAND; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73449094919     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648449     Document Type: Article

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