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Patterns in the Offering of Hepatitis B Prophylaxis by US Emergency Department Physicians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Roland C. Merchant  and
Reza Keshavarz
Roland C. Merchant*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
Reza Keshavarz
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown Medical School, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Potter 228, Providence, RI 02903 ([email protected])
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Abstract

US emergency department physicians surveyed were more likely to offer hepatitis B prophylaxis to patients after unknown hepatitis B status needlestick injuries than sexual exposures, especially consensual sex. There was no difference in willingness to offer prophylaxis with respect to patient occupation or age or with respect to ED physicians' demographic and professional characteristics.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 7 , July 2006 , pp. 764 - 766
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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