Letter in response to the new SHEA guideline for healthcare workers with hepatitis B Virus, hepatitis C virus, and/or human immunodeficiency virus

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1092-1093

  Saag, Michael S ^a   Squires, Kathleen E ^b   Aberg, Judith A ^c   Bardeguez, Arlene ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PROFESSIONAL-TO-PATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 77957881802     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/656559     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

1. Henderson DK, Dembry L, Fishman NO, et al. SHEA Guideline for Management of Healthcare Workers Who Are Infected with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, and/or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2010;31:203-232.
2. Walensky RP, Paltiel AD, Losina E, et al. The survival benefits of AIDS treatment in the United States. J Infect Dis 2006;194(1):11-19.
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV transmission: are patients in a health setting at risk for getting HIV? http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ resources/qa/transmission.htm. Accessed June 8, 2010.
4. The Center for HIV Law & Policy. Guidelines for hiv-positive health care workers. Published March 2008. http://www.hivlawandpolicy.org/resources/ view/167. Accessed August 18, 2010.