Management of Occupational Exposure to HIV in Dental to HIV in Dental Health Care Workers

Health care workers (HCW) are at high risk of occupational exposure from blood-borne pathogens. The most important pathogens that can be transmitted to HCW are HIV with prevalence of 2.24 per 100000, HBV with prevalence of 2.3%, and HCV with prevalence of 0.2% in Iran. Most of this occupational tran...

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Main Authors: R. Eftekhar Ashtiani, M. Hekmat Yazdi, GA. Gholami
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Dentistry of Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/upload_files/pdf/15416.pdf