Gerberding J L
University of California, San Francisco.
J Thorac Imaging. 1991 Sep;6(4):12-5. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199109000-00005.
Health care workers may be occupationally exposed to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The risk of infection is highest with accidental needlestick and similar percutaneous exposures. Emphasis should be placed on avoiding this type of accident. Strategies to prevent accidents and to manage exposures once they have occurred should be developed in each work environment. It is to be hoped that a combination of better infection control, safer devices and technologies, and postexposure prophylaxis with zidovudine (AZT) or other chemotherapeutic agents will help prevent infection in health care providers caring for HIV-infected patients.
医护人员可能会在职业上接触到人类免疫缺陷病毒（HIV）。意外针刺和类似的经皮暴露导致感染的风险最高。应重点避免此类事故。每个工作环境都应制定预防事故及在事故发生后处理暴露情况的策略。希望更好的感染控制、更安全的设备和技术，以及使用齐多夫定（AZT）或其他化疗药物进行暴露后预防相结合，将有助于预防为感染HIV的患者提供护理的医护人员受到感染。
