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Postexposure Prophylaxis

Question | Discussion | References | CME Credit

Case 1: Risk Factors for HIV Transmission in Percutaneous Exposure

You answered:

	Deep injury to the health care worker.

This answer is incorrect. In a case-controlled analysis of health care workers who sustained a needlestick injury from an HIV-infected source patient, 'deep injury' was associated with a significantly increased risk of HIV transmission to the health care worker.

Choose another answer:

	Source patient with end-stage AIDS.
	Device/needle used in an artery or vein of the source patient.
	Device/needle visibly bloody immediately prior to the needlestick injury.
	Age of the health care worker.

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