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Prevalence, correlates of occupational percutaneous injuries and use of post exposure prophylaxis against HIV, Hepatitis B among health workers in Kampala, Uganda-May 2016

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 2021
Introduction: Of the 3 million percutaneous exposures that occur annually among health workers (HWs), 90% are in low-income countries. The estimated average prevalence of percutaneous exposures among health workers in Uganda was 70% in 2009.
Phoebe Hilda Alitubeera, Juliet Ntuulo Mutanda, Mukose Aggrey, Olive Chifefe Kobusingye, Claire Biribawa, Andrew Tusubira, Patricia Eyu, Noah Kiwanuka   +7 more
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Will I? won't I? Why do men who have sex with men present for post-exposure prophylaxis for sexual exposures? [PDF]

, 2008
Background: Failures of post-exposure prophylaxis following sexual exposure (PEPSE) to prevent seroconversion have been reported and are often associated with ongoing risk exposure.
Fisher, M, Llewellyn, Carrie, Nambiar, K, Nixon, E, Perry, N, Richardson, D, Sayer, C   +6 more
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Occupational exposure to HIV and use of post-exposure prophylaxis in a general hospital in North Central, Nigeria

International Journal of Occupational Safety and Health, 2013
Occupational exposures to blood borne pathogens including HIV have been well studied. However, limited studies exist about the utilization of post exposure prophylaxis and follow-up in Nigeria The objectives of the study were to describe the ...
Abiola O Olaleye, Olorunfemi A Ogundele, Babatunde I Awokola, Oladele S Olatunya, Omolara A Olaleye, Titilope Adeyanju, Akinlolu G Omisore   +6 more
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Epidemiology and potential preventative measures for viral infections in children with malignancy and those undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation. [PDF]

, 2012
In pediatric patients with malignancy and those receiving hematopoietic stem cell transplants, bacterial and fungal infections have been the focus of fever and neutropenia episodes for decades.
Alexander, Sarah, Dvorak, Christopher C, Fisher, Brian T, Sung, Lillian, Zaoutis, Theoklis E, Zerr, Danielle M   +5 more
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How much do needlestick injuries cost? a systematic review of the economic evaluations of needlestick and sharps injuries among healthcare personnel [PDF]

, 2016
objective. To provide an overview of the economic aspects of needlestick and sharps injury (NSI) management among healthcare personnel (HCP) within a Health Technology Assessment project to evaluate the impact of safety-engineered devices on health ...
Carbonari, Lorenzo, De Carli, Gabriella, DI BARI, Virginia, LA TORRE, Giuseppe, Mannocci, Alice, Nicolotti, Nicola, Puro, Vincenzo, Saulle, Rosella, Unim, BRIGID ANDOUNIMYE   +8 more
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Pattern of Injuries among Dog Bite Victims in an Urban Area of Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Rabies is a fatal zoonotic disease caused by bite of an infected animal, dogs being the most common reservoir of the virus. India accounts about 59.9 % of rabies death in Asia.
Charulatha RJ, Umadevi R, Ananthaeashwar VM   +2 more
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Estimated Risk of HIV Acquisition and Practice for Preventing Occupational Exposure: A Study of Healthcare Workers at Tumbi and Dodoma Hospitals, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2013
Health care workers (HCWs) are at risk of acquiring human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) and other infections via exposure to infectious patients' blood and body fluids.
A Kilale, A Pruss-Ustun, AA Reda, B Doebbeling, B Gumodoka, C Denise, CS Kessler, de lTX, DM Cardo, E Mossdorf, Emmanuel Makundi, G Morino, Godfrey M Mubyazi, Hamisi M Malebo, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections. Eye of the needle, Hussein Mohamed, ILO, WHO: Joint Guidelines on Health Services and HIV/AIDS, JA Rabbitts, Kijakazi O Mashoto, M Zhang, MG Worthington, OSHA, S Sohn, S Tuma, WHO: International Council of Nurses (ICN), WHO: Occupational Health   +25 more
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How familiar are our doctors towards Rabies prophylaxis- A study from coastal south India. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Rabies, a 100% fatal disease claims more than 59,000 human lives every year globally. One human life is lost every 15 minutes due to this deadly preventable disease.
Ramesh Holla, Bhagawan Darshan, Astha Guliani, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Rekha Thapar, Prasanna Mithra, Nithin Kumar, Vaman Kulkarni, Avinash Kumar, Salman Anwar   +9 more
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers in Fako Division on post exposure prophylaxis to blood borne viruses: a hospital based cross-sectional study

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2018
INTRODUCTION: Accidental exposure to blood and body fluid presents a serious public health concern, especially among healthcare workers (HCW) and constitutes a risk of transmission of blood borne viruses. Infections acquired through occupational exposure
Che Henry Ngwa, Elvis Akwo Ngoh, Samuel Nambile Cumber   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Microbicides development programme: engaging the community in the standard of care debate in a vaginal microbicide trial in Mwanza, Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: HIV prevention research in resource-limited countries is associated with a variety of ethical dilemmas. Key amongst these is the question of what constitutes an appropriate standard of health care (SoC) for participants in HIV prevention ...
Changalucha, John, Hayes, Richard J, Kazimoto, Johari, Lees, Shelley, Masanja, Joseph, McCormack, Sheena, Moffat, Claire, Nikolau, Lawi, Shagi, Charles, Shapiro, Katherine, Soteli, Selephina, Vallely, Andrew   +11 more
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