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Risks for exposures to and infection with HIV among health care providers in the emergency department
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Review
Risks for exposures to and infection with HIV among health care providers in the emergency department
Emerg Med Clin North Am.
1995 Feb.
Abstract
This article reviews the information available that is relevant to the risk of occupational infection with HIV, attempts to frame this evidence in perspective for emergency health care providers, and underscores the strategies that have been shown to be effective in reducing these risks.
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