The Surgical Infection Society's policy on human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B and C infection. The Ad Hoc Committee on Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Hepatitis
J. M. Davis, R. H. Demling, F. R. Lewis, E. Hoover and J. P. Waymack
Department of Surgery, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY 10021.
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.