A 24-year-old woman was treated with zidovudine, lamivudine, characteristic pattern; (5) long-term renal dysfunction, if any, is and indinavir because of a needle-stick injury. Baseline laboratory unknown, especially in HIV-negative individuals; and (6) indievaluation revealed the following: serology for antibodies to HIV navir-induced crystalluria can be diagnosed in the office with use was ne...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed at determining the prevalence of incident occupational exposure to blood and other potentially infectious materials (OPIM) among healthcare personnel (HCP) during 2010 and at evaluating the factors associated with these incidents. SUBJECTS AND METHODS An epidemiological, retrospective, record-based study was conducted. All self-reported incidents of occupational expo...

Sir, Accidental needle stick and sharp object injuries carry major risk factors for blood-borne infections amongst health workers.[1,2] The blood-borne infections that are mostly contracted through occupational hazards are Hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).[3] The risk of transmission of these diseases following percutaneous exposure among h...

The uptake of hepatitis B vaccine was assessed amongst 100 medical and 100 nursing staff in a teaching hospital with a policy of recommending to those at risk that they should seek immunization from their general practitioners. Sixteen per cent of nurses and 31% of doctors had completed a course of immunization with confirmation of seroconversion. An additional 9% and 18% respectively had been ...

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to collect data on self-reported sharps injuries to develop best practices to reduce them. Methods. Data on sharps injuries were collected for the period of January-October 2008 using Adverse Event Notification Forms already in use at Sema Hospital. Results. On average, 0.2% of all self-reported injuries were sharps injuries averaging one injury per mon...

Concussion is generally defined as a traumatic, impulsive force transmitted to the head that results in rapid onset of transiently impaired neurological function. This straightforward definition does not result, however, an easily reproducible diagnosis concussion, prior studies The Journal (J Pediatr 2015;166;1214-20) have shown. A number proprietary tests been deployed for diagnosis, yet thos...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate hepatitis B virus (HBV) vaccine coverage and the use of infection control among dentists in Saudi Arabia. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out during the Third International Conference at the King Abdulaziz University Faculty of Dentistry, held on March 2012 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Saudi or expatriate dentists working in Saudi Arabia were included in the s...