Occupational transmission of human immunodeficiency virus.
As the number of patients requiring treatment for HIV-1 infection has increased, there has been increasing concern among health-care providers regarding the risks of occupational infection. Fortunately, this risk is low and may be made lower by adherence to infection-control guidelines. The incidence of occupational infection with HIV-1, risk of transmission in the occupational setting, guidelines regarding the handling and contact with infected blood and body fluids, and the approach to the occupationally exposed worker are reviewed.
Polis
M A
MA
Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015215:Zidovudine / Q000627:therapeutic use
D015215:Zidovudine