Prospective and Retrospective Incidence and Post-exposure Reporting of Needlestick Injuries
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Prospective study of community needlestick injuries.
Fifty three children were referred following community needlestick injuries, August 1995 to September 2003. Twenty five attended for serology six months later. None were positive for HIV, or hepatitis B or C. Routine follow up after community needlestick injury is unnecessary. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis should only be considered in high risk children.
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Nosocomial Infection Control
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1226-2382
DOI: 10.14192/kjnic.2015.20.1.29