Prospective study of clinical, laboratory, and ancillary staff with accidental exposures to blood or body fluids from patients infected with HIV.

Abstract

In a prospective study of 150 health care workers in the United

Prevalence and Post-exposure Prophylaxis use for Needlestick Injuries among Health Care Providers in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kochi, India

“…This difference in the incidence rate was probably due to the higher prevalence of HIV in western countries. In the present study, 84.4% of HIV exposures to NSIs comprised female HPs, with a mean age of 26.6±6.0 years, which is a similar result to that of the study conducted by McEvoy et al (27), where 50% of the HPs were below 25 years of age. This may be due to the relative work inexperience of the staff.…”

“…Staff nurses (62.5%) acquired the maximum exposure to HIV due to NSIs, which can be explained by the circumstances/procedures during which exposure would have occurred. Similar observations were made by Kumakech et al (26) and McEvoy et al (27), where 61% of staff nurses were exposed. In the present study, the incidence rate of NSIs among doctors was 15.6%, which is less compared to the study conducted by McEvoy et al (27) (21%).…”

“…Similar observations were made by Kumakech et al (26) and McEvoy et al (27), where 61% of staff nurses were exposed. In the present study, the incidence rate of NSIs among doctors was 15.6%, which is less compared to the study conducted by McEvoy et al (27) (21%). The commonest device involved was the hypodermic needle (65.6%), for which no comparative study data could be obtained.…”

Memorandum on the infections hazards of the common communion cup with especial reference to aids

“…There are a n u m b e r of other studies (3,4,6,10,11,20,26,30,32,35) also showing no transmission to non-sexual household contacts, including by kissing (for further references see 14). Against a lot of evidence showing no such transmission, there is one report of a boy who infected his b r o t h e r (43), two of people who nursed over long periods (and without currently r e c o m m e n d e d precautions) very sick H I V infected people (25,41), and one of infection of the wife in a couple no longer capable of full sexual intercourse (36). One of the studies cited (11) had 2 infected children of infected fathers but uninfected mothers at entry: none became infected during the study.…”

Risco de infecção pelo vírus da imunodeficiência humana (HIV) em profissionais da saúde

“…Como mostram os vários relatos da literatura, determinar a circunstância em que ocorreu a contaminação para o profissional da saúde sempre foi difícil e controvertida 4,5,8,9 . Através de diferentes estudos realizados em outras localidades tem-se que o risco de infecção após uma simples exposição percutânea por sangue infectado pelo HIV é menor que 1% 2,10,13 A presente nota tem o objetivo de mostrar o risco do profissional de saúde no exercício de sua profissão, em adquirir infecção pelo HIV após contato e acidente com material potencialmente contaminado.…”