to all 20 children who had sustained needle-stick injuries potentially contaminated with HIV-infected blood. The drug regimen chosen was based on the drugs for which there is most pediatric ...

Twenty children received needle-stick injuries with a risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 during an incident in a primary school playground. All were counseled and offered ...

There have been no definite cases of HIV infection among healthcare workers following an occupational needlestick injury in the UK since 1999. There are no documented cases of HIV infection through ...

A needlestick injury is a common occupational hazard that occurs when the skin has been pierced by a needle or a sharp object.

Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed early abscess formation in the parapharyngeal space and a radiodense, needle-shaped foreign ... artery and the danger of injury to the vessel wall ...