Abstract
The medical care of occupational accidents in Tropical Medicine Foundation Dr. Heitor Dourado (FMT-HVD), involving blood and body fluids, started routinely in 1999. The objective of this report is to emphasize the importance of the measures used for the control of accidents with biological material. This study is carried out after a detailed epidemiological investigation confirmed one case of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) seroconversion after an occupational accident involving bodily fluids and sharp instruments.
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de Lucena, N. O., Pereira, F. R., de Barros, F. S., da Silva, N. B., Alexandre, M. A. de A., Castilho, M. da C., & Alecrim, M. das G. C. (2011). Infecção pelo HIV-1 após acidente ocupacional, no estado do amazonas: Primeiro caso documentado. Revista Da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 44(5), 646–647. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000500027
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