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      Articles on Blood-Borne Pathogens

      1. [Management in cases of accidental exposure to blood].
        Françoise F Bourgeois

        Rev Infirm (2008) PMID 19009787

      2. Drug use careers and blood-borne pathogen risk behavior in male and female Tanzanian heroin injectors.
        Michael W MW Ross, Sheryl A SA McCurdy, ... M T MT Leshabari

        Am J Trop Med Hyg 79(3):338-43 (2008) PMID 18784224

        We carried out a study of 537 injection drug users (56% men and 44% women) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to examine their HIV risk behaviors and their drug-using careers that had culminated in injecting heroin. Data were collected in 2005-2006 using the Swahili version of the Tanzanian AIDS Prevention...
      3. Body fluid exposure in nurses of Fars province, Southern Iran.
        Mehrdad M Askarian, Soheila S Shaghaghian, ... Ojan O Assadian

        Arch Iran Med 11(5):515-21 (2008) PMID 18759518

        The overall prevalence of blood and body fluid exposures was 79% with a rate of exposure to sharps devices of 50%. Hypodermic needles were involved in most exposures (73%) with the most common source of injury being needle recapping (35%). Blood was the most frequent contaminant (87%) in mucocutaneo...
      4. Blood-borne virus prevalence and risk among steroid injectors: results from the Australian Needle and Syringe Program Survey.
        Carolyn A CA Day, Libby L Topp, ...

        Drug Alcohol Rev 27(5):559-61 (2008) PMID 18608447

      5. Infection protection. A review of post-exposure prophylaxis.
        Timothy T Rupp and Katherine K Christensen

        JEMS 33(9):68-77; quiz 78 (2008) PMID 18790359

      6. Physicians' and nurses' views on infected health care workers.
        Ilya I Kagan, Karin Lee KL Ovadia, and Tami T Kaneti

        Nurs Ethics 15(5):573-85 (2008) PMID 18687813

        This study investigated 204 doctors' and nurses' perceived knowledge of bloodborne pathogens and their attitudes towards bloodborne pathogen-infected health care workers. A structured questionnaire examined: (1) their perceived knowledge of bloodborne pathogens; (2) their attitudes towards bloodborn...
      7. Three-year prospective study to improve the management of blood-exposure incidents.
        Paul Th L van Wijk, Marianne Pelk-Jongen, ... Peter M Schneeberger

        Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 29(9):871-7 (2008) PMID 18724826

        We analyzed the time it took for exposed individuals to report the incident, the time required to perform a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) test for the source individual when needed, occurrence of injuries, hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination status of exposed individuals, and adherence to protocol at...
      8. [Guideline 'Needlestick injuries': risk assessment and post-exposure management in practice]
        W L M Ruijs and A Timen

        Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 152(36):1967-71 (2008) PMID 18807333

        Guideline 'Needle stick injuries': risk assessment and post-exposure management in practice The objective of the national guideline 'Needle stick injuries' is to make the assessment of needle stick injuries more structured and uniform. The injury is classified as high risk or low risk according to t...
      9. Risk of conjunctival contamination from blood splashes during surgery at the Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi.
        S W O SW Ogendo, M N MN Awori, ... P W PW Mugo

        East Afr Med J 85(9):432-7 (2008) PMID 19537415

        The utilisation rate of design specific protective eye wear is low and with a significant risk of conjunctival contamination, changes in attitudes and practices are needed to increase utilisation....
      10. Infection control attitudes and perceptions among dental students in Latin America: implications for dental education.
        A E AE Acosta-Gío, S A SA Borges-Yáñez, ... I I Soriano

        Int Dent J 58(4):187-93 (2008) PMID 18783110

        Educational efforts are needed to enhance IC teaching and compliance. Diverse educational resources and international networks for research collaboration are available from organisations specialised in IC, hopefully paving the way to harmonising regional standards....