Preventing occupational HIV transmission to healthcare personnel

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  As of December 2001, occupational exposure to HIV has resulted in 57 documented cases of HIV seroconversion among healthcare personnel (HCP) in the United
  
  States. To prevent transmission of HIV to healthcare personnel in the workplace, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers the following recommendations.
  
  Although the most important strategy for reducing the risk of occupational HIV transmission is to prevent occupational exposures, plans for postexposure management of health care personnel should be in place. CDC has issued guidelines for the management of HCP exposures to HIV and recommendations for postexposure prophylaxis (PEP): Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (June 29, 2001).
  
  hcwprev.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/prevention & Control Health Personnel HIV Infections/prevention & Control Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional/prevention & Control Occupational Diseases
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b29777a3d634c17044147b02960063b0487ac63b181d341988d8fdfc565dc57c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/62111/cdc_62111_DS1.pdf
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