Emergency Department Blood or Body Fluid Exposure Evaluations and HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Usage
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Emergency department evaluations of non-percutaneous blood or body fluid exposures during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
INTRODUCTION The demography of healthcare workers (HCWs) and non-HCWs seeking medical care at emergency departments after a non-percutaneous potential exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), the types and body locations of their exposures, the time elapsed from exposure to emergency department presentation, and usage of HIV-post-exposure prophy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1069-6563
DOI: 10.1197/s1069-6563(03)00537-2