Blood or Body Fluid Exposures and HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Utilization among First Responders

HIV postexposure prophylaxis: new recommendations.

A lthough the average risk of acquiring HIV infection after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood is only 0.3%, health care workers welcomed the news that postexposure prophylaxis with zidovudine (AZT) can reduce this risk by as much as 79.0%. Recommendations from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been revised to take into account the potential for greater benef...

Blood exposures and hepatitis C virus infections among emergency responders.

BACKGROUND Blood exposures in the workplace may put first responders, a group which includes firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, at increased risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. To determine the prevalence of antibody to HCV (anti-HCV) and risk factors for infection among first responders, we analyzed data from prevalence surveys conducted among first responders...

HIV postexposure prophylaxis for Special Forces soldiers.

Exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a recognized occupational hazard to healthcare personnel. The virus also presents an operational hazard to deployed Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel. Management guidelines for work related exposure to HIV mainly deal with healthcare workers in a first world hospital environment. Formal guidelines for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) regar...

German-Austrian recommendations for HIV postexposure prophylaxis.

Serious adverse events attributed to nevirapine regimens for postexposure prophylaxis after HIV exposures--worldwide, 1997-2000.

In September 2000, two instances of life-threatening hepatotoxicity were reported in health-care workers taking nevirapine (NVP) for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) after occupational human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) exposure. In one case, a 43-year-old female health-care worker required liver transplantation after developing fulminant hepatitis and end-stage hepatic failure while taking NVP, ...