HIV, hepatitis and infection control in dental practice
General Medicine and General Surgery (for BDS) · Dental (BDS)
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A needlestick occurs during treatment. What is the immediate sequence? Wash without scrubbing, report, assess source patient's HIV/HBV/HCV status, start post-exposure prophylaxis per protocol within hours - not panic, protocol. Students learn exposure discipline: the prepared clinic has a PEP protocol posted and antiretrovirals accessible; the unprepared one improvises - and with HIV, hours decide PEP's effectiveness.
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