[HIV-1 infection after occupational accidents in the State of Amazonas: first reported case].
The medical care of occupational accidents in Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Dourado (FMT-HVD), involving blood and body fluids, started routinely in 1999. The objective of this report is to emphasize the importance of the measures used for the control of accidents with biological material. This study is carried out after a detailed epidemiological investigation confirmed one case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion after an occupational accident involving bodily fluids and sharp instruments.
Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil. noalldo@hotmail.com
Noaldo Oliveira de
NO
Lucena
Flávio Ribeiro
FR
Pereira
Flávio Silveira de
FS
Barros
Nélson Barbosa da
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Silva
Márcia Almeida de Araújo
MA
Alexandre
Márcia da Costa
Mda C
Castilho
Maria das Graças Costa
Md
Alecrim
D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D006801:Humans; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses