PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Alvarado-Ramy, Francisco
AU  - Beltrami, Elise M.
TI  - New guidelines for occupational exposure to blood-borne viruses
DP  - 2003 May 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 457--465
VI  - 70
IP  - 5
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/457.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/70/5/457.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2003 May 01; 70
AB  - The US Public Health Service recently updated its guidelines for managing health care workers exposed to blood or other body fluids that might contain blood-borne viruses. The update addresses, among other things, timely administration of hepatitis B immune globulin and hepatitis B vaccine, appropriate testing for hepatitis C exposure, and new information on prophylaxis after exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).