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Updated
U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational
Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure
Prophylaxis
Reprinted from
the MMWR June 29, 2001/ 50(RR-11);1-42
The MMWR
series of publications is published by the Epidemiology Program
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Summary
Introduction
Definition
of Health-Care Personnel and Exposure
Background
Occupational
Transmission of HBV
Occupational
Transmission of HCV
Occupational
Transmission of HIV
Recommendations
for the Management of HCP Potentially Exposed to HBV, HCV, or HIV
Hepatitis
B Vaccination
Treatment
of an Exposure Site
Exposure
Report
Evaluation
of the Exposure and the Exposure Source
Management
of Exposures to HBV
Management
of Exposures to HCV
Management
of Exposures to HIV
Recommendations
for the Selection of Drugs for HIV PEP
Occupational
Exposure Management Resources
References
Appendices
Table
1. Reported instances of failure of combination drug postexposure
prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection in health-care personnel exposed
to HIV-infected blood
Table
2. Primary side effects associated with antiretroviral agents
Table
3. Recommended postexposure prophylaxis for exposure to hepatitis
B virus
Table
4.
Recommended HIV postexposure prophylaxis for percutaneous injuries
Table
5. Recommended HIV postexposure prophylaxis for mucous membrane
exposures and nonintact skin* exposures

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