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David J Weber1, Andy Gottlieb2, Erica S Shenoy3
1Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, UNC Medical Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Epidemiology, UNC Medical Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Health care personnel (HCP) are at risk of exposure to infectious agents depending on their job duties and other factors. Risks include percutaneous exposure to blood-borne pathogens via sharp injuries (eg, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus); exposure by direct skin contact (eg, syphilis); droplet and airborne transmission of pathogens through direct patient care (eg, pertussis, measles, invasive meningococcus infections, tuberculosis); and through indirect contact transmission related to the contaminated health care environment (eg, norovirus).
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