healthcare worker safety

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Addressing the public’s concerns about human immunodeficiency virus transmission in health-care settings

2015 Oct 211993 Oct 25 by Gentry EM, Nowak G, Salmon CT, Gerbert B, Bleecker T, Colclough GJ, Cynamon ML, Sanders L, Jason JM

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The 1990 report of a cluster of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) associated with a Florida dentist with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome attracted considerable media coverage and legislative attention. A number of polls found that the public favored mandatory HIV-antibody testing of health-care workers.… Read more

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HTLV-III exposure during cardiopulmonary resuscitation

2015 Oct 201985 Dec 19 by Saviteer SM, White GC, Cohen MS, Jason J

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To the Editor: There have been no confirmed occupation-related cases of AIDS in health care workers in the United States. We have been following two nurses who participated in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of a patient with the AIDS-related complex, who was positive for human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type- III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV), and we here report their seronegativity nine months after exposure.… Read more