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. 1997 Sep;128(9):1253-61.
doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0402.

Accidental exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers in dental teaching clinics: a prospective study

F Ramos-Gomez  1 , J Ellison, D Greenspan, W Bird, S Lowe, J L Gerberding
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Accidental exposures to blood and body fluids among health care workers in dental teaching clinics: a prospective study

F Ramos-Gomez et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 1997 Sep.

Abstract

The authors evaluated accidental exposures to blood and body fluids reported to a hotline or to health officials at four dental teaching clinics. The authors used a standard questionnaire to solicit and record data regarding each exposure. During a 63-month period, 428 parenteral exposures to blood or body fluids were documented. Dental students and dental assistants had the highest rates of exposure. Syringe needle injuries were the most common type of exposure, while giving injections, cleaning instruments after procedures and drilling were the activities most frequently associated with exposures.

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    Bertolami CN, Ramos-Gomez F, Greenspan JS, Greenspan D, Newlon M. Bertolami CN, et al. J Am Dent Assoc. 1999 Apr;130(4):472. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.1999.0227. J Am Dent Assoc. 1999. PMID: 10203893 No abstract available.

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