Journal de Pharmacie Clinique
MENUReview of accidental professional blood exposures in North Hospital Volume 18, issue 1, Mars 1999
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- Key words: ABE, health care workers, prevention.
- Page(s) : 77-8
- Published in: 1999
Participation of the hospital pharmacist in the prevention of accidental blood exposures (ABE) is becoming more and more important : handling, delivering and good using of antiretroviral drugs. Since 6 months, in North Hospital of Marseille, a total of 43 ABE were reported and analysed : nurses are injured in 61 % ABE ; ABE are more occured in 80 % for emergency units : the commonest accident was needle stick injuries 39, bites 2 and eye contaminations 2. 41 ABE required tritherapy and 2 bitherapy, patients were treated during one month.