Risk assessment for healthcare workers after a sentinel case of rabies and review of the literature

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 341-348

  Kan, Virginia L ^a,b   Joyce, Patrick ^a   Benator, Debra ^a,b   Agnes, Kathleen ^a   Gill, Janet ^a   Irmler, Monica ^a   Clark, Arlene ^a   Giannakos, George ^a   Gabourel, Audrey ^a   Gordin, Fred M ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

healthcare worker; rabies exposure; rabies postexposure prophylaxis; risk assessment

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY GRAFT; MEDICAL STUDENT; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RESIDENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SENTINEL EVENT; STUDENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOSPITAL; INJURIES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SALIVA; SKIN; TRANSMISSION;

HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RABIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVA; SKIN;

EID: 84922471274     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu850     Document Type: Review

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