The Surgical Infection Society's Policy on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B and C Infection
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- guideline
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 127 (2) , 218-221
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1992.01420020108015
Abstract
• The Ad Hoc Committee on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis of The Surgical Infection Society has outlined its policy regarding three deadly blood-borne viral infections. The risk of transmission of these microbes, the role of preoperative testing, the problem of the human immunodeficiency virus-infected surgeon, and conduct in the operating room are discussed. (Arch Surg. 1992;127:218-221)Keywords
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