Seroconversion rate among health care workers exposed to HIV-contaminated body fluids: The University of Pittsburgh 13-year experience

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 896-900

  Nwaiwu, Chibueze A ^a   Egro, Francesco M ^b   Smith, Saundra ^b   Harper, Jay D ^b   Spiess, Alexander M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Conversion rates; Health care workers; HIV; Incidence; Mucocutaneous; Needlestick injuries; Occupational exposure; Seroconversion; Splash

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE PLUS TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL; RALTEGRAVIR; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROCONVERSION; SHARPS INJURY; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSMISSION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VIROLOGY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BODY FLUIDS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; POST-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 85018774672     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.012     Document Type: Article

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