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HIV in Healthcare Settings

Data and Statistics about HIV in Healthcare Settings

This section applies to exposure to HIV and transmission of HIV in healthcare settings. It deals predominantly with information for Healthcare personnel.

Surveillance

• Surveillance of Occupationally Acquired HIV/AIDS in Healthcare Personnel, as of December 2006
  Factsheet published Sept.2007 PDF version (114KB/4 pages)
• Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS as of December 2002. 2003
• Occupationally Acquired HIV Infection: National Case Surveillance Data During 20 Years of The HIV Epidemic In The U.S. ICHE 2003 PDF (139KB/11 pages)
• The HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis Registry - Final Report, 1999 PDF (46KB/21 pages)

Articles/Studies

• Evaluation of Safety Devices for Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Phlebotomy Procedures 1993-1995. MMWR 1997
  PDF Version,(305KB/pages 21-25)
• Evaluation of Blunt Suture Needles in Preventing Percutaneous Injuries Among Health-Care Workers During Gynecologic Surgical Procedures March 1993-June 1994. MMWR 1997
  PDF Version, (305KB/pages 25-29)
• Case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health-care worker after percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood MMWR 1995
  PDF Version, (132KB/pages 929-933)

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Content source: 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
National Center for Preparedness, Detection, and Control of Infectious Diseases (NCPDCID)

 

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