Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with HBV, HCV, or HIV, and Tetanus in People Wounded During Bombings and Other Mass Casualty Events – United States, 2008 Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

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• Personal Author:
  Beltrami EM ; Chapman, Louisa E. ; Duchin JS ; Ehrenberg, Richard L. ; Gensheimer KF ; Grohskopf LA ; Hunt RC ; Kilmarx PH ; Kretsinger K ; Panlilio AL ; Perz JF ; Sullivent EE ; Thompson ND
• Description:
  People wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties or in conjunction with the resulting emergency response may be exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured people and thus be at risk for bloodborne infections such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, human immunodeficiency virus, or tetanus. This report adapts existing general recommendations on the use of immunization and postexposure prophylaxis for tetanus and for occupational and nonoccupational exposures to bloodborne pathogens to the specific situation of a mass casualty event. Decisions regarding the implementation of prophylaxis are complex, and drawing parallels from existing guidelines is difficult. For any prophylactic intervention to be implemented effectively, guidance must be simple, straightforward, and logistically undemanding. Critical review during development of this guidance was provided by representatives of the National Association of County and City Health Officials, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, and representatives of the acute injury care, trauma, and emergency response medical communities participating in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Terrorism Injuries: Information, Dissemination and Exchange project. The recommendations contained in this report represent the consensus of US federal public health officials and reflect the experience and input of public health officials at all levels of government and the acute injury response community. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Blood Blood-Borne Pathogens Body Fluids Communicable Diseases Emergencies Emergency Responders Hematologic Diseases HIV Occupational Health Preventive Medicine Public Health Safety Viral Diseases

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• Keywords:
  Bloodborne-pathogens Body-fluids Emergency-response Emergency-treatment Hepatitis Humans Infection-control Infectious-diseases Preventive-medicine Prophylaxis Public-health Vaccines Viral-diseases Viral-infections

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• ISSN:
  1935-7893
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; Georgia ; Maine ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  EPRO - Emergency Preparedness and Response Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  150-165
• Volume:
  2
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20035016
• Citation:
  Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2008 Oct; 2(3):150-165
• Contact Point Address:
  Louisa Chapman, MD, National Center for Immunizations and Respiratory Diseases, CDC, Mailstop D-68, 1600 Clifton Road, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30333
• Email:
  LChapman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2009
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/187013/cdc_187013_DS1.pdf
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