Risk of health care professionals acquiring HIV infection in Latin America.
AIDS Care
; 3(3): 311-6, 1991.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1932195
This study describes the professional risk of acquiring HIV infection while caring for AIDS patients at a teaching hospital in Brazil. Since 1985 we have tested health care professionals (HCP) for HIV-1 antibody after accidents with blood and body fluids from AIDS patients. The blood samples were tested twice using an ELISA FDA approved test and, if positive, we performed Western blot. Two hundred and forty seven health care professionals reported 338 accidents (50% were percutaneous and 22% were mucous membrane exposures to blood). A further 404 HCPs reported no occupational exposure but wanted to be tested. From 247 HCPs with at least one accident, we analyzed 115 with more than 6 months of follow up. None were HIV antibody positive. Nobody received zidovudine as a prophylaxis. Of the 404 HCPs with no accident, 6 (1.5%) were positive and had confirmed risk factors for HIV. Our results support other studies that report a low occupational risk (about 0.4%) of acquiring HIV infection.
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Americas; Behavior; Biology; Brazil; Clinic Activities; Counseling; Delivery Of Health Care; Developing Countries; Diseases; Drug Addiction; Examinations And Diagnoses; Follow-up Studies; Health; Health Personnel; Hematologic Tests; Heterosexuals; Hiv Infections--transmission; Homosexuals; Incidence; Laboratory Examinations And Diagnoses; Laboratory Procedures; Latin America; Measurement; Organization And Administration; Program Activities; Programs; Research Methodology; Risk Factors; Sampling Studies; Sex Behavior; Social Problems; South America; Studies; Substance Addiction; Viral Diseases
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Infecções por HIV
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HIV-1
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Ocupações em Saúde
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Doenças Profissionais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
AIDS Care
Assunto da revista:
SINDROME DA IMUNODEFICIENCIA ADQUIRIDA (AIDS)
Ano de publicação:
1991
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Reino Unido