title: [Exposure to blood and risk of infection among health personnel].
abstract: Health care workers, especially surgeons, are frequently exposed to blood. Most blood exposures are not reported. Blood exposures involve risk of contracting serious infectious diseases like HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Fifty-four cases of occupational transmission of HIV-virus have been reported world wide. Occupational HIV-infection has not been reported in Denmark. Hepatitis B infection can be prevented by vaccination, but there is no effective drug or vaccine to prevent infection with hepatitis C and HIV-virus. Thus, the prevention of occupationally transmitted infections should concentrate on the prevention of blood exposures. Further studies on occupational blood exposure among Danish health care workers are needed.
authors.affiliation: Infektionsmedicinsk afdeling, Hvidovre Hospital, København.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nelsing
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Nielsen
mesh_terms: D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D003718:Denmark; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006282:Health Personnel; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Blodeksposition og infektionsrisiko hos sundhedspersonale.