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Proposed Antiretroviral Therapy Guidelines for Prophylaxis of Occupationally Related HIV Seroconversion A Practical Approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Aaron E. Glatt
Aaron E. Glatt*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, Jamaica, New York, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Jamaica, New York
*
Infectious Diseases, Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn and Queens, 88-25 153rd St, Jamaica, NY 11432
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Abstract

Recent research indicates that antiretroviral prophylaxis significantly reduces occupationally related human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion. This article outlines principles on which guidelines were based for treating aggressively those healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to HIV occupationally at the Catholic Medical Center in Jamaica, New York. These recommendations attempt to provide HCWs with the best possible available antiretroviral therapy to treat occupational HIV seroconversion. New options must continue to be explored as new information becomes available.

Type
Readers' Forum
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 17 , Issue 10 , October 1996 , pp. 672 - 674
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1996 

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