Document 0795
 DOCN  M9650795
 TI    Occupational exposure to hepatitis B virus and human immunodeficiency
       virus: a comparative risk analysis.
 DT    9605
 AU    Zuckerman AJ; Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, London,
       England.
 SO    Am J Infect Control. 1995 Oct;23(5):286-9. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96126295
 AB    Health care workers have expressed concern regarding the risk of
       infection from patients with AIDS. Much less attention is given to the
       possibility of exposure to patients infected with the hepatitis B virus.
       This article reviews the data on the probability of exposure to HIV or
       hepatitis B and subsequent seroconversion, as well as the mortality and
       morbidity rates associated with both viruses. A decision-analytic
       analysis of the occupational risk for HIV and hepatitis B is also
       presented. This model indicates that quality-adjusted loss in life
       expectancy is greater after percutaneous exposure to a patient who is
       seropositive for the hepatitis B e antigen than after exposure to a
       patient with symptomatic HIV infection.
 DE    Blood-Borne Pathogens  California/EPIDEMIOLOGY  *Disease Transmission,
       Patient-to-Professional/STATISTICS & NUMER  DATA  Hepatitis
       B/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Hospitals, University  Human
       HIV Infections/EPIDEMIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/*TRANSMISSION  Incidence
       Morbidity  Occupational Exposure/*STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  *Personnel,
       Hospital  Probability  Risk  Survival Rate  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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