[Estimation of the possibility of HIV or hepatitis B infection transmission in ambulatory care of substance dependence].

Autor:	Willemsen PA; Katholieke Universiteit, vakgroep Huisartsgeneeskunde, Nijmegen., Senden TF
Jazyk:	Dutch; Flemish
Zdroj:	Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 1993 Oct 16; Vol. 137 (42), pp. 2149-52.
Abstrakt:	Objective: To estimate the risk of HIV or hepatitis B infection after pricking accidents in the ambulant care and treatment of drug addicts. Design: Risk estimation. Setting: Aid station for drug addicts in Nijmegen. Method: Inventorization of the pricking accidents at the above-named aid station and calculation of the risk of infection. Results: During 30 years on the job, a worker in addict care outside Amsterdam runs a 0.007% risk of job-related HIV infection and a 4.5% risk of hepatitis B infection. The corresponding figures for Amsterdam are 0.05% and 7%, respectively. The job-related risk for workers in general hospitals in Amsterdam is 0.0012-0.015% for a job-related HIV infection and 1-5% for a job-related hepatitis B infection. Conclusion: The risk of workers in an aid station for drug addicts of contracting a job-related HIV or hepatitis B infection is relatively high compared with workers in health care in general. An active infection prevention policy for workers in addict care is to be recommended.
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