TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Blood and Body Fluid Exposure
A1  - Patwari, Rahul G.
A2  - Sherman, Scott C.
A2  - Weber, Joseph M.
A2  - Schindlbeck, Michael A.
A2  - Rahul G., Patwari
PY  - 2014
T2  - Clinical Emergency Medicine
AB  - A  blood  or  body  fluid  exposure  refers  to  contact  with  potentially  infected  fluids  through  non-intact  skin,  mucous  membranes,  or  skin  penetrated  by  a  sharp  object.Prevention  is  the  cornerstone  to  reducing  infectious  exposures.Administering  postexposure  prophylaxis  for  human  immunodeficiency  virus  is  a  time-sensitive  decision,  necessitating  that  the  exposed  patient  visit  the  emergency  department  when  the  employee  health  office  is  closed.Hepatitis  B  vaccination  greatly  reduces  the  seroconversion  rate  when  a  health  care  worker  is  exposed  to  blood  and  body  fluid.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101225153
ER  -