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[Risk of HIV infection among health care workers, dental team and household contacts]

Hell Stomatol Chron. 1988 Jan-Mar;32(1):23-8. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/91078982
Laskaris G

Abstract: The transmission of HIV infection through contaminated blood and blood products is of a great concern to the medical and dental community and household contacts. The available data support the concept that the risk of causal nosocomial transmission of HIV following needlestick or mucous membranes injuries is extremely low (0.44%). On the other hand no dental professionals, not belonging to any AIDS-high risk group, have showed HIV-antibodies. However, recently one New York dentist, who treated high risk individuals and did not use barrier techniques was found to be HIV antibody positive. Despite of the fact that the risk of causal transmission of HIV is low, appropriate barrier techniques must be used to prevent such transmission. Various studies indicate that household contacts who are not sexual partner of patients with AIDS are at minimal or no risk for horizontal transmission of HIV-infection.
Keywords: *Dental Staff English Abstract Human *HIV Infections/PREVENTION & CONTROL/*TRANSMISSION Occupational Diseases/PREVENTION & CONTROL Protective Clothing Protective Devices JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW REVIEW, TUTORIALKWDdentalstaffenglishabstracthumanKWDhivinfections/prevention&control/KWDtransmissionoccupationaldiseases/prevention&controlprotectiveclothingprotectivedevicesjournalarticlereviewreview,tutorial
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