Needle-stick Guideline: Differential Diagnoses & Workup

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Further Reading

Keywords

blood, body fluids, other potentially infectious materials, OPIM, needle stick, sharps injury, hepatitis, HBV, HCV, HDV, human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AIDS, tetanus, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, occupational transmission of disease, occupational exposure to body fluids 

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