RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Prospective study of community needlestick injuries
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 523
OP 524
DO 10.1136/adc.2004.055624
VO 90
IS 5
A1 Makwana, N
A1 Riordan, F A I
YR 2005
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/90/5/523.abstract
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.