Occupational Risk
"Health Care Workers' Risk of Blood Born Infections."
Published in AIDS Weekly, September 23rd, 1996
According to an abstract submitted by the author to the 4th International Conference on the Prevention of Infection, held May 6-7, 1996, in Nice, France, "Objective: Health care workers are at risk for blood borne infections. The most important pathogens are the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) and the AIDS Virus (HIV). Sharp injuries are the main route of transmission. The local risk of blood borne infections, in our institution, was estimated. Method and Population: Using published formula, we estimated the risk of infection for nurses and for cleaning personnel working at the Eeuwfeestkliniek, a private hospital in the center of Antwerp. The...
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