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The Surgical Infection Society's Policy on Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B and C InfectionThe Ad Hoc Committee on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis
John Mihran Davis, MD;
Robert H. Demling, MD;
Frank R. Lewis, MD;
Eddie Hoover, MD;
J. Paul Waymack, MD
Arch Surg. 1992;127(2):218-221.
Abstract
• The Ad Hoc Committee on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis of The Surgical Infection Society has outlined its policy regarding three deadly blood-borne viral infections. The risk of transmission of these microbes, the role of preoperative testing, the problem of the human immunodeficiency virus-infected surgeon, and conduct in the operating room are discussed.
(Arch Surg. 1992;127:218-221)
Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY (Dr Davis), Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Mass (Dr Demling), University of California, San Francisco, Medical School (Dr Lewis), State University of New York, Buffalo (Dr Hoover), and the Division of Burn Surgery, University of Texas at Galveston (Dr Waymack).
Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 17, 1991.
Approved by The Council of The Surgical Infection Society, April 6, 1991.
Reprint requests to the Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10021 (Dr Davis).
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