Multiple needle-stick injuries with risk of human immunodeficiency virus exposure in a primary school

Helen Thomas; Susan Liebeschuetz; Delane Shingadia; Sarah Addiman; Alex Mellanby

doi:10.1097/01.inf.0000238679.06100.cc

Multiple needle-stick injuries with risk of human immunodeficiency virus exposure in a primary school

Helen Thomas^*, Susan Liebeschuetz, Delane Shingadia, Sarah Addiman, Alex Mellanby

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Abstract

Twenty children received needle-stick injuries with a risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 during an incident in a primary school playground. All were counseled and offered human immunodeficiency virus postexposure prophylaxis. All 20 children started postexposure prophylaxis, and 19 attended for follow-up testing 3 months later. More than one-half of the children completed the full 4-week course of treatment. None of the 19 children tested seroconverted after the incident.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	933-936
Number of pages	4
Journal	Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/01.inf.0000238679.06100.cc
Publication status	Published - Oct 2006

Keywords

Children
Human immunodeficiency virus infection
Nonoccupational exposure
Postexposure prophylaxis

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Multiple needle-stick injuries with risk of human immunodeficiency virus exposure in a primary school

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