Risk Factors Associated With Hiv Transmission to – Health Care Workers

BERKELEY - An international study headed by Denise M. Cardo of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control determined that HIV seroconversion in health care workers was most likely if there were: "Deep injury, injury with a device that was visibly contaminated with the source patient's blood, procedures involving a needle placed in the source patient's vein or artery, and terminal illness in the source patient."Even so, the average risk of HIV infection from needlestick exposures is low. All but 0.3 per