PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Makwana, N
AU  - Riordan, F A I
TI  - Prospective study of community needlestick injuries
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2004.055624
DP  - 2005 May 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 523--524
VI  - 90
IP  - 5
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/5/523.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/5/523.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child2005 May 01; 90
AB  - 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.