Risk and Management of Blood-Borne Infections in Health Care Workers
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Risk and management of blood-borne infections in health care workers.
Exposure to blood-borne pathogens poses a serious risk to health care workers (HCWs). We review the risk and management of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections in HCWs and also discuss current methods for preventing exposures and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis. In the health care setting, blood-borne pathogen transmiss...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Microbiology Reviews
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0893-8512
DOI: 10.1128/cmr.13.3.385-407.2000