Risk of infection in health care workers following occupational exposure to a noninfectious or unknown source

KURUÜZÜM, ZİYA; Yapar, Nur; AVKAN OĞUZ, VİLDAN; Aslan, Halil; ÖZBEK, ÖZGEN; Cakir, Nedim; Yuce, Ayse

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.012

Risk of infection in health care workers following occupational exposure to a noninfectious or unknown source

KURUÜZÜM Z., Yapar N., AVKAN OĞUZ V., Aslan H., ÖZBEK Ö. A., Cakir N., ...Daha Fazla

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL, cilt.36, sa.10, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 36 Sayı: 10
Basım Tarihi: 2008
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.ajic.2008.05.012
Dergi Adı: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The major concern after occupational exposures is the possible transmission of blood-borne pathogens, especially hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study was undertaken to evaluate the risk of infection after exposure to blood or body fluids of an unknown or an HBV-, HCV-, and HIV-negative source and to determine the epidemiologic characteristics of these incidents in health care workers.