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Prospective study of community needlestick injuries
Dept of Child Health, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham, UK
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Dr F A I Riordan
Department of Child Health, Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Bordesley Green East, Birmingham B9 5SS, UK; Andrew.Riordan{at}heartsol.wmids.nhs.uk
Fifty three children were referred following community needlestick injuries, August 1995 to September 2003. Twenty five attended for serology six months later. None were positive for HIV, or hepatitis B or C. Routine follow up after community needlestick injury is unnecessary. HIV post-exposure prophylaxis should only be considered in high risk children.
Keywords: follow up; post-exposure prophylaxis; needlestick injury
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