Seroconversion rates among health care workers exposed to hepatitis C virus–contaminated body fluids: The University of Pittsburgh 13-year experience

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 1001-1005

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Conversion rates; Health care workers; Hepatitis C; Incidence; Mucocutaneous; Needlestick injuries; Occupational exposure; Percutaneous; Seroconversion; Splash

Indexed keywords

AMNION FLUID; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FACE; HAND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LAVAGE FLUID; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NECK; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESIDENT; SALIVA; SEROCONVERSION; SHARPS INJURY; SKIN INJURY; TRACHEA MUCUS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; PENNSYLVANIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

BODY FLUIDS; COHORT STUDIES; COINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, PATIENT-TO-PROFESSIONAL; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; SEROCONVERSION;

EID: 85018784069     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2017.03.011     Document Type: Article

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