RISK ANALYSIS AND OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO HIV AND HBV

As the risk for occupational infection with bloodborne pathogens conti nues to be a source of substantial concern for health care providers, studies analyzing and assessing these risks assume added importance. D uring the past year several studies have provided additional insight i nto: the magnitude of risk for occupational infection with hepatitis B virus and HIV; the epidemiology of occupational exposures to blood; t he epidemiology of occupational infection with bloodborne pathogens; a nd the efficacy of various interventional strategies designed to reduc e risks for occupational exposures to blood and other related substanc es. This article reviews these studies and attempts to place the added information from them in perspective within the existing information base.