RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 New guidelines for occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 457
OP 465
VO 70
IS 5
A1 Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco
A1 Beltrami, Elise M.
YR 2003
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/457.abstract
AB 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).