       Document 0431
 DOCN  M9610431
 TI    Percutaneous exposures to HIV-infected blood. Among dental workers
       enrolled in the CDC Needlestick Study.
 DT    9601
 AU    Gooch BF; Cardo DM; Marcus R; McKibben PS; Cleveland JL; Srivastava PU;
       Culver DH; Bell DM; Division of Oral Health, Centers for Disease Control
       and; Prevention, Atlanta 30333, USA.
 SO    J Am Dent Assoc. 1995 Sep;126(9):1237-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96005398
 AB    The authors found that 19 percutaneous exposures among dental workers
       occurred both during and after use of instruments such as syringe
       needles and scalers. Specific information about the device and action
       associated with an exposure is important for prevention efforts,
       including safer instruments and work practices. Most of these exposures
       probably involved smaller, rather than larger, amounts of blood infected
       with the human immunodeficiency virus. To our knowledge, none of the
       exposures resulted in HIV transmission to an enrolled dental worker.
 DE    Accidents, Occupational  Dental Assistants  Dental Hygienists  Dental
       Instruments/*ADVERSE EFFECTS  *Dentistry  Dentists  Human  HIV
       Infections/*TRANSMISSION  Needlestick Injuries/ETIOLOGY  *Occupational
       Exposure  Risk Factors  Wounds, Penetrating/*ETIOLOGY  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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