What is the risk of rabies transmission from patients to health care staff?

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作者
Gongal, Gyanendra [1 ]
Mudhusudana, S. M. [2 ]
Sudarshan, M. K. [3 ]
Mahendra, B. J. [4 ]
Hemachudha, Thiravat [5 ]
Wilde, Henry [5 ]
机构
[1] WHO Reg Off South East Asia, New Delhi 110002, India
[2] Natl Inst Mental Hlth & Neurosci, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India
[3] Kempegowda Inst Med Sci, Bangalore 560029, Karnataka, India
[4] Mandya Inst Med Sci, Dept Community Med, Mandya 571401, Karnataka, India
[5] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Med, Dept Med, Div Neurovirol, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
关键词
Health care workers; prevention; rabies transmission; TO-HUMAN TRANSMISSION; VIRUS; EXCRETION; SALIVA;
D O I
10.5372/1905-7415.0606.142
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
1001 ;
摘要
Admission of a human rabies case to hospital often creates great anxiety among staff that fear contamination. The care of a rabies patient requires only standard infectious precautions consisting of basic preventive measure applied in many other common diseases. This should be sufficient to prevent transmission to staff. Therefore, prevention of anxiety among health care workers should be an achievable goals.
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