[HIV testing of the general population: international recommendations and actual risks for HIV infections in health occupations]. / HIV-Testung an der Allgemeinbevölkerung: Internationale Empfehlungen und reale Risken für HIV-Infektionen für Gesundheitsberufe.
Wien Med Wochenschr
; 163(23-24): 519-27, 2013 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-23616042
Austria has the highest HIV-test rate per 1,000 inhabitants in the European Union. This may be related to beliefs held by the health care personnel that knowledge of the HIV-serostatus of a patient (e.g. via preoperative routine testing) serves as a protective measure against occupational HIV-infection for themselves. International guidelines recommend universal screening for HIV in health-care settings only when the undiagnosed prevalence of HIV is > 0.1 %, or the diagnosed prevalence is > 0.2 %. HIV poses a small, but real risk to health-care personnel. Worldwide, 106 cases of occupational HIV-infection have been documented (since the beginning of counting in the 1990s until 2002): in Austria there have been 4 cases of occupational HIV-infection in 15 years of documentation. There is no convincing evidence that knowledge of the serostatus of a patient leads to changes in the behaviour of health-care workers. For low-prevalence countries, such as Austria, a rather focused testing-strategy is recommended.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Serodiagnóstico del SIDA
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Infecciones por VIH
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Tamizaje Masivo
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Personal de Salud
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Transmisión de Enfermedad Infecciosa de Paciente a Profesional
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Medición de Riesgo
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Cooperación Internacional
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Enfermedades Profesionales
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Guideline
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Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
De
Revista:
Wien Med Wochenschr
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Austria