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Postexposure Prophylaxis
Question | Discussion | References | CME Credit
Updated June 30, 2004
Case 1: Risk Factors for HIV Transmission in Percutaneous Exposure
| Author: | Christopher Behrens, MD |
- State the approximate risk of a health care worker acquiring HIV with a needlestick injury if the health care worker does not take postexposure prophylaxis.
- Summarize the risk factors associated with an increased risk of HIV transmission with a needlestick injury.
A phlebotomist sustains a percutaneous injury (needlestick) immediately after drawing blood from an HIV-infected patient.
Which of the following has NOT been documented to increase the risk of HIV transmission to a health care worker following a percutaneous needlestick injury involving an HIV-infected source patient?
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