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Document 1060
DOCN M9651060
TI Occupational exposure to hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency
virus: a comparative risk analysis.
DT 9505
AU Zuckerman AJ; Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London,
England.
SO Am J Infect Control. 1995 Oct;23(5):286-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96126295
AB Health care workers have expressed concern regarding the risk of
infection from patients with AIDS. Much less attention is given to the
possibility of exposure to patients infected with the hepatitis B virus.
This article reviews the data on the probability of exposure to HIV or
hepatitis B and subsequent seroconversion, as well as the mortality and
morbidity rates associated with both viruses. A decision-analytic
analysis of the occupational risk for HIV and hepatitis B is also
presented. This model indicates that quality-adjusted loss in life
expectancy is greater after percutaneous exposure to a patient who is
seropositive for the hepatitis B e antigen than after exposure to a
patient with symptomatic HIV infection.
DE Blood-Borne Pathogens California/EPIDEMIOLOGY *Disease Transmission,
Patient-to-Professional/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA Hepatitis
B/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION Hospitals, University Human
HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION Incidence
Morbidity Occupational Exposure/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA *Personnel,
Hospital Probability Risk Survival Rate JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).