Human immunodeficiency virus infection in health care workers. A method for estimating individual occupational risk.
Physicians and other health care workers are concerned about their occupational risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection. We have developed an approach that can help health care workers estimate their cumulative risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus. Illustrations are used to develop a score that reflects an individual's occupational exposures and social behavior. This score is then translated into the probability that the worker is infected.
Hagen
M D
MD
Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass. 02111.
Meyer
K B
KB
Kopelman
R I
RI
Pauker
S G
SG
D015492:AIDS Serodiagnosis; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D006281:Health Occupations; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012306:Risk