Estimation of the global burden of disease attributable to contaminated sharps injuries among health‐care workers
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...HCV prevalence has reached alarming levels over recent decades in a number of countries of the Emr and Afr region [Khan et al., 2000; Frank et al., 2000; World Health Organization, 2000a]....
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...HCV prevalence has reached alarming levels over recent decades in a number of countries of the Emr and Afr region [Khan et al., 2000; Frank et al., 2000; World Health Organization, 2000a]....
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...Furthermore, PEP of HBV infection in the case of occupational exposures has been adopted in many industrialized countries [Beasley et al., 1983; Stevens et al., 1985; CDC, 2001], and efforts should be made to vaccinate HCWs as early as possible in their career....
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...The efficacy of the PEP regimen was estimated to be 90% for HBV [Beasley et al., 1983; Stevens et al., 1985; CDC, 2001] and 81% for HIV [Cardo et al., 1997]....
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