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Guidelines for the Management of Health-Care Worker Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis
Arch Dermatol. 1998;134:1317-1318.
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HEALTH-CARE organizations should make available to their workers [HCWs] a system that includes written protocols for prompt reporting, evaluation, counseling, treatment, and follow-up of occupational exposures that may place HCWs at risk for acquiring any bloodborne infection, including HIV. Employers also are required to establish exposure-control plans, including postexposure follow-up for their employees, and to comply with incident reporting requirements mandated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Access to clinicians who can provide postexposure care should be available during all working hours, including nights and weekends. Antiretroviral agents for PEP [postexposure prophylaxis] should be available for timely administration (i.e., either by providing access to PEP drugs on-site or creating links with other facilities or providers to make them available off-site). Persons responsible for providing postexposure counseling should be familiar with evaluation and treatment protocols and the facility's procedures for obtaining drugs for PEP.
HCWs should be educated to report . . . [Full Text of this Article] EXPOSURE REPORT
EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT
Treatment of an Exposure Site Assessment of Infection Risk
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