Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports, August 1, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. RR-6

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• Alternative Title:
  Recommendations for Postexposure Interventions to Prevent Infection with Hepatitis B Virus, Hepatitis C Virus, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and Tetanus in Persons Wounded During Bombings and Similar Mass-Casualty Events — United States, 2008: Recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Recommendations and Reports
• Personal Author:
  Chapman, Louisa E. ; Sullivent, Ernest E. ; Grohskopf, Lisa A. ; Beltrami, Elise M. ; Perz, Joseph F. ; Kretsinger, Katrina ; Panlilio, Adelisa L. ; Thompson, Nicola D. ; Ehrenberg, Richard L. ; Gensheimer, Kathleen F. ; Duchin, Jeffrey S. ; Kilmarx, Peter H. ; Hunt, Richard C.
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• Description:
  This report outlines recommendations for postexposure interventions to prevent infection with hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus, and tetanus in persons wounded during bombings or other events resulting in mass casualties. Persons wounded during such events or in conjunction with the resulting emergency response might be exposed to blood, body fluids, or tissue from other injured persons and thus be at risk for bloodborne infections. 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 CDC's Terrorism Injuries: Information, Dissemination and Exchange (TIIDE) project. The recommendations contained in this report represent the consensus of U.S. 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:
  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Antiviral Agents
  • Blood
  • Blood-Borne Pathogens
  • Body Fluids
  • Communicable Disease Control
  • Communicable Diseases
  • Disaster Medicine
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Responders
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• Keywords:
  • Emergency-response; Emergency-treatment; Infection-control; Infectious-diseases; Hepatitis; HIV; Humans; Preventive-medicine; Public-health; Bloodborne-pathogens; Body-fluids; Prophylaxis; Vaccines; Viral-diseases; Viral-infections
• Source:
  MMWR Recomm Rep 2008 Aug; 57(RR-6):1-28
• Series:
  Recommendations and Reports: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  1057-5987
• 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:
  28 pdf pages
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  6
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034198
• Email:
  LChapman@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/7010/cdc_7010_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 382.63 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ; Guidelines and Recommendations
• Main Document Checksum:
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