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.
Critical Care Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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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