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New guidelines for occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses
Francisco Alvarado-Ramy1, Elise M Beltrami
1Epidemic Intelligence Service, Division of Applied Public Health Training, Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Ga 30333, USA.
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
|June 5, 2003
Abstract:
The US Public Health Service recently updated its guidelines for managing health care workers exposed to blood or other body fluids that might contain blood-borne viruses. The update addresses, among other things, timely administration of hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine, appropriate testing for hepatitis C exposure, and new information on prophylaxis after exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).