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Penny S. McKibben
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 11
Citations - 2568
Penny S. McKibben is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Health care. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications receiving 2523 citations.
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A case-control study of HIV seroconversion in health care workers after percutaneous exposure. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Needlestick Surveillance Group.
Denise M. Cardo,David H. Culver,Carol A. Ciesielski,Pamela U. Srivastava,Ruthanne Marcus,Dominique Abiteboul,Julia Heptonstall,Giuseppe Ippolito,Florence Lot,Penny S. McKibben,David M. Bell +10 more
TL;DR: A case–control study of health care workers with occupational, percutaneous exposure to HIV-infected blood showed that significant risk factors for seroconversion were deep injury, injury with a device that was visibly contaminated with the source patient's blood, and a procedure inv...
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A Case-Control Study of HIV Seroconversion in Health Care Workers After Percutaneous Exposure
Denise M. Cardo,David H. Culver,Carol A. Ciesielski,Pameia U. Srivastava,Ruthanne Marcus,Dominique Abiteboul,Julia Heptonstall,Giuseppe Ippolito,Florence Lot,Penny S. McKibben,David M. Bell +10 more
TL;DR: The risk of HIV infection after percutaneous exposure increases with a larger volume of blood and, probably, a higher titer of HIV in the source patient’s blood.
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Surveillance of HIV infection and zidovudine use among health care workers after occupational exposure to HIV-infected blood. The CDC Cooperative Needlestick Surveillance Group.
Jerome I. Tokars,Ruthanne Marcus,David H. Culver,Charles A. Schable,Penny S. McKibben,Claudiu I. Bandea,David M. Bell +6 more
TL;DR: The patterns of use and associated toxicity of postexposure zidovudine use among enrolled workers are focused on and the failure of zidvudine to prevent HIV infection in one worker is reported.
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Percutaneous injuries during surgical procedures.
Jerome I. Tokars,David M. Bell,David H. Culver,Ruthanne Marcus,Meryl H. Mendelson,Edward P. Sloan,Bruce F. Farber,Denise Fligner,Mary E. Chamberland,Penny S. McKibben,William J. Martone +10 more
TL;DR: Percutaneous injuries occur regularly during surgery, placing surgical personnel and, to a lesser extent, patients at risk for infection with blood-borne pathogens.
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A Survey of Occupational Blood Contact and HIV Infection Among Orthopedic Surgeons
Jerome I. Tokars,Mary E. Chamberland,Charles A. Schable,David H. Culver,Marsha Jones,Penny S. McKibben,David M. Bell,Daniel R. Benson,Joseph M. Lane,James V. Luck,Theodore I. Malinin,Carl L. Nelson,William J. Robb,Dale B. Glasser,Richard N. Peterson +14 more
TL;DR: Although these findings may not be generalizable to all orthopedic surgeons, it is found that there is no evidence of HIV infection among serosurvey participants without nonoccupational risk factors.