The.Bird@f38.n135.z1.fidonet.org (The "Bird") (10/15/90)
The following is summarized from Centers for Disease Control, "Update:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
among Health-Care Workers," MMWR 37 (1988):231-234, 239....... If anyone has
newer data please post it and the source....
"As of December 31,1987, the CDC had tested 1,070 workers at least 90 days
following exposure to HIV-infected blood or other body fluids. The workers
were grouped into three categories: 870 had experienced needlestick or other
puncture wounds involving contaminated blood; 104 had reported blood splashed
onto mucous membranes (such as the inside of the mouth) or open skin lesions;
and 96 had been exposed to other body fluids (saliva or urine). FOUR of the
870 workers (.5 %) [1/217] in the first category were seropositive for HIV
antibody (in one case, however, heterosexual transmission from an HIV-
seropositive partner could not be ruled out); NONE OF THE OTHER WORKERS WAS
INFECTED."
Excluding the person with a positive sex partner would then bring the odds
from needle stick to 3/869 or .345% or 1 in 289.6.
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