Health and Safety: Literature Citations

"RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF HEPATITIS C VIRUS (HCV) INFECTION AND HCV-RELATED CHRONIC DISEASE"  MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT  47(RR-19): OCTOBER 16, 1998.

Important Points:
This is the first comprehensive report on HCV.  As recent as 1996, 40% of new HCV cases could not be explained.  This report clarifies that HCV is more closely following the HBV model and no recognized source of infection can be identified in about 10% of the cases.
60% of cases are associated with injecting-drug use.
20% or less report sexual exposures absent percutaneous risk factors.
10% are associated with occupational, hemodialysis and/or perinatal exposures.

"PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH-CARE WORKER EXPOSURES TO HIV AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POSTEXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS"  MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT 46(RR-7): MAY 15, 1998.

"IMMUNIZATION OF HEALTH-CARE WORKERS:  
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) and the Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC)"   MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT 46(RR-18): DECEMBER 26, 1997.

Important Points: 
Workers should be titer tested 1-2 months after the HBV vaccination series and receive additional vaccine if found negative (see p. 23). Upon completion fo the vaccination series, booster doses are NOT recommended (see p. 23).

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"SURVIVAL OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS IN SUSPENSION AND DRIED ONTO SURFACES" BY van BUREN, J.,    R.A. SIMPSON, P. JACOBS, and B.D. COOKSON. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL  MICROBIOLOGY  32(2): 571-574, 1994.

"A SURVEY OF OCCUPATIONAL BLOOD CONTACT AND HIV   INFECTION AMONG ORTHOPEDIC SURGEONS" BY TOKARS, JEROME,    ET AL. JAMA: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION    268(4): 489-494, 1992.

"OCCUPATIONALLY ACQUIRED INFECTIONS IN HEALTH CARE  WORKERS (PART I)" BY SEPKOWITZ, KENT A.  ANNALS OF INTERNAL  MEDICINE 125(10): 826-834, 1996.

"SAFETY MYTHS IN CHEMICAL LABORATORIES" BY MARTIN J. PITT.   CHEMICAL HEALTH AND SAFETY 1(3): 8-11, 1994.

"ARE UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS REALISTIC?" BY GERBERDING MD, J., LEWIS JR MD, F.R., AND SCHECTER MD, W.P. SURGICAL CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA 75(6): 1091-1104, 1995. [IF]

"GLOVE SAFETY: SUMMARY OF RECENT FINDINGS AND   RECOMMENDATIONS FROM HEALTH CARE REGULATORS"  BY HELLER,E.T. AND GREER MD, R. SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL   88(11): 1093-1098, 1995. [IF]

"INFECTION HAZARDS OF HUMAN CADAVERS" BY HEALING, T.D., ET AL.  COMMUNICABLE DISEASE REPORT/CDR REVIEW  5(5): R61-68, 1995.

FUNDAMENTALS OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE, BY PLOG, BARBARA A., ET AL., NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL, ITASCA, PAGES, 1011. 

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"HEPATITIS B VIRUS, HEPATITIS C VIRUS AND HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION IN HEALTH CARE WORKERS: A Multiple Regression Analysis of Risk Factors" BY PETROSILLO, N., ET AL. JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL INFECTION   30: 273-281, 1995.

"CASE-CONTROL STUDY OF HIV SEROCONVERSION IN   HEALTH-CARE WORKERS AFTER PERCUTANEOUS EXPOSURE TO   HIV-INFECTED BLOOD-FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM, AND UNITED   STATES, JANUARY 1988 - AUGUST 1994" BY CENTERS FOR DISEASE    CONTROL. JAMA: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL  ASSOCIATION  275(4): 274-+,1996.

"STABILITY OF HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS (HIV)  ANTIBODIES IN POSTMORTEM SAMPLES" BY KARHUNEN MD PHD, P.J.,   BRUMMER-KORVENKONTIO, H., LEINIKKI MD PHD, P., AND NYBERG MD, M.  JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES  39(1): 129-135, 1994. [IF]

"REFINING A RISK MODEL FOR OCCUPATIONAL TUBERCULOSIS TRANSMISSION" BY NICAS, M. AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION JOURNAL 57: 16-22, 1996.

"WOUND BOTULISM - - CALIFORNIA, 1995." MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT 44(48): 889-892, 1995.

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