Medical student exposure to blood and infectious body fluids.
Few data assess the exposure of students to blood or other potentially infectious body fluids during medical school. Fourth-year medical students completed a written survey immediately before graduation describing exposures during their last 2 years. Nearly one half of all graduating students recalled at least one exposure, with only 40% of these exposures reported to supervising house staff or faculty. Clerkships with the highest exposure rates were emergency medicine, surgery, and obstetrics-gynecology.
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University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98195, USA.
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D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens; D001826:Body Fluids / Q000382:microbiology / Q000821:virology; D002982:Clinical Clerkship; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013337:Students, Medical; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires