Journal article
Spare post-exposure prophylaxis with round-the-clock HIV testing of the source patient.
- Greub G Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Maziéro A
- Bürgisser P
- Telenti A
- Francioli P
- 2002-01-05
Published in:
- AIDS (London, England). - 2001
AIDS Serodiagnosis
HIV Antibodies
HIV Infections
Health Personnel
Humans
Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
Occupational Exposure
Patients
Time Factors
English
After occupational exposures, immediate HIV testing of source patients may avoid the unnecessary use of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP). Two time periods were compared. Before the availability of 24 h a day immediate testing, PEP was initiated after 12.6% of exposures, compared with 3.7% during the second period. The adjusted relative odds ratio of PEP during the second compared with the first period, was 0.23. The availability of immediate HIV testing limits unnecessary occupational PEP.
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- English
- Open access status
- closed
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- DOI 10.1097/00002030-200112070-00014
- PMID 11774831
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.ch/global/documents/277883
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