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[Risks of AIDS among health personnel (physicians, nurses, obstetricians)]
F Candura1, G Moscato, R Maserati
1Scuole di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro e in Allergologia, Università di Pavia.
Giornale Italiano Di Medicina Del Lavoro
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
Health-care workers are exposed to risk of HIV infection. Blood and body fluids containing blood are the most important sources of HIV and the major risk for health-care workers occurs by incidental parenteral contact with these fluids. Therefore, the risk can be minimized by taking care to prevent injuries and by using protective barriers for mucous membranes and skin. However, the number of cases reported in literature with occupational HIV infection is extremely low.