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Bloodborne Pathogen Hotline

Bloodborne Pathogen Hotline A national, toll-free hotline has been launched to help clinicians treat and counsel health care workers who experience on-the-job exposure to bloodborne diseases such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). At least 5000 needlestick exposures to HIV occur annually in the United States, according the estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new 24-hour service, called the National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline, or PEPline, is staffed by trained physicians who will provide clinicians with counseling and treatment recommendations for workers with needlestick injuries and other hazardous occupational exposures to bloodborne microbes. The hotline can be reached from anywhere in the United States by calling (888) 448-4911. "Clinicians—no matter where or when they call or where they live—can now quickly get state-of-the-art knowledge about how to help health care workers with needlestick injuries," said US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala. The hotline, which combines and expands 2 existing programs at San Francisco General Hospital, is a joint project of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC, in collaboration with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the University of California, San Francisco. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

Bloodborne Pathogen Hotline

JAMA , Volume 279 (3) – Jan 21, 1998

Bloodborne Pathogen Hotline

Abstract

A national, toll-free hotline has been launched to help clinicians treat and counsel health care workers who experience on-the-job exposure to bloodborne diseases such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). At least 5000 needlestick exposures to HIV occur annually in the United States, according the estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new 24-hour service, called the National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline, or PEPline, is...
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Publisher
American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1998 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.279.3.188
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Abstract

A national, toll-free hotline has been launched to help clinicians treat and counsel health care workers who experience on-the-job exposure to bloodborne diseases such as hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). At least 5000 needlestick exposures to HIV occur annually in the United States, according the estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new 24-hour service, called the National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline, or PEPline, is staffed by trained physicians who will provide clinicians with counseling and treatment recommendations for workers with needlestick injuries and other hazardous occupational exposures to bloodborne microbes. The hotline can be reached from anywhere in the United States by calling (888) 448-4911. "Clinicians—no matter where or when they call or where they live—can now quickly get state-of-the-art knowledge about how to help health care workers with needlestick injuries," said US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala. The hotline, which combines and expands 2 existing programs at San Francisco General Hospital, is a joint project of the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC, in collaboration with the San Francisco Department of Public Health and the University of California, San Francisco.

Journal

JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Jan 21, 1998

Keywords: blood-borne pathogens,hotlines

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