caa a22 4500 465768954 CHVBK 20180323111923.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00155552 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00155552 Occupational exposures to blood and risk of HIV transmission in a General Hospital (1986-88) [Elektronische Daten] [V. Puro, M. Ranchino, F. Profili] We conducted a study on occupational exposure to blood in a 1500-bed General Hospital in order to define incidence, type and circumstance of each exposure and to asses the risk of HIV transmission. From 1986 to 1988 a total of 548 cases of accidental blood exposure were reported, with an average of 15 accidents/month. The health care workers exposed included 376 nurses (68.6%), 91 manual workers (16.6%), 54 surgeons (9.8%), 14 physicians (2.5%) and 13 laboratory technicians (2.4%). There were 206 (37.6%) incidents related to recapping of needles. Other types of needle-stick injuries accounted for 191 cases (34.8%), cuts with sharp objects for 110 (20%) and skin or mucous membrane exposure for 41(7.5%). The highest incidence of exposure per month of work (in a total of 85,932 persons/month of work) and employment category was observed in nurses (.008) and the lowest in physicians (.001). Fifty-three (9.7%) employees were exposed to blood from patients with HIV infection: 36 nurses, 16 surgeons and 1 physician. No cases of seroconversion have been observed after a mean follow-up of 9 months (range: 2 - 18). The highest rate of HIV at-risk exposure per month of work was observed in surgeons (.001) and the lowest in physicians (.00008). Careful adherence to the universal infection-control guidelines published by international health authorities (W.H.O., C.D.C.) is recommended to prevent most at-risk incidents in health-care settings. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990 HIV nationallicence Health care workers nationallicence Risk exposures nationallicence Puro V. USL RM 10 Unità Operativa per il controllo dell'infezione da HIV e dell AIDS, c/o Osp. L. Spallanzani, Via Portuense 292, 00149, Rome, Italy aut Ranchino M. Direzione Sanitaria, USL RM 10 Osp. S. Camillo, Rome, Italy aut Profili F. Medicina Preventiva, USL RM 10 Osp. S. Camillo, Rome, Italy aut European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/1(1990-03-01), 67-70 0393-2990 6:1<67 1990 6 10654 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155552 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00155552 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Puro V. USL RM 10 Unità Operativa per il controllo dell'infezione da HIV e dell AIDS, c/o Osp. L. Spallanzani, Via Portuense 292, 00149, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ranchino M. Direzione Sanitaria, USL RM 10 Osp. S. Camillo, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Profili F. Medicina Preventiva, USL RM 10 Osp. S. Camillo, Rome, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal of Epidemiology Kluwer Academic Publishers 6/1(1990-03-01), 67-70 0393-2990 6:1<67 1990 6 10654 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer