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Risky Business: Using Necessarily Imprecise Casualty Counts to Estimate Occupational Risks for HIV-1 Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

Susan E. Beekmann ,
Barbara J. Fahey ,
Julie L. Gerberding  and
David K. Henderson
Susan E. Beekmann
Affiliation:
The Hospital Epidemiology Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Barbara J. Fahey
Affiliation:
The Hospital Epidemiology Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
Julie L. Gerberding
Affiliation:
The Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, and San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California
David K. Henderson*
Affiliation:
The Hospital Epidemiology Service, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland The Office of the Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
*
Building 10 Room 2C146, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892
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The emergence and widespread distribution of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have clearly signaled the most important epidemic of the 20th century. In responding to this epidemic in a compassionate and rational voice, the infection control practitioners-physicians, nurses and technologists-have played a crucial role in healthcare delivery. A great deal of information has resulted from numerous scientific studies. Because of the volume and complexity of data currently being generated, the Editorial Board of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology has invited Dr. David K. Henderson to initiate a new column on AIDS. He is an internationally recognized expert who has agreed to edit this column for the journal. We welcome your responses, and encourage your submissions to Dr. Henderson in this area.

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AIDS
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 11 , Issue 7 , July 1990 , pp. 371 - 379
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1990

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