PERCUTANEOUS AND MUCOUS-MEMBRANE EXPOSURE PROTOCOL IN A SOUTHEASTERN DENTAL SCHOOL

Authors
STEWART CM JONES AC BATES RE BOEFF D MIGLIORATI C BENTRUP K
Citation
Cm. Stewart et al., PERCUTANEOUS AND MUCOUS-MEMBRANE EXPOSURE PROTOCOL IN A SOUTHEASTERN DENTAL SCHOOL, Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, 78(3), 1994, pp. 401-407
Citations number
45
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,Surgery,"Dentistry,Oral Surgery & Medicine
Journal title
Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304220
Volume
78
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
401 - 407
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4220(1994)78:3<401:PAMEPI>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A southeastern dental educational institution formalized a Percutaneou s and Mucous Membrane Exposure Protocol in 1990. This article outlines the development, implementation, and administration of the protocol i ncluding risk assessment and rationale for testing health care workers and source persons. Pretest and posttest counseling for HIV testing i s also discussed.