TY - JOUR
T1 - Exposure to Biological Fluids in Dental Practice—Narrative Review on Appropriate Risk Assessment to Guide Post-Exposure Management
AU - Săndulescu, Mihai
AU - Nicolescu, Mihnea Ioan
AU - Funieru, Cristian
AU - Şahin, Gülşen Özkaya
AU - Săndulescu, Oana
AU - ESCMID Study Group for Viral Hepatitis (ESGVH)
PY - 2023/7
Y1 - 2023/7
N2 - Accidental exposure to blood or other biological fluids is a common occurrence in dentistry, and its post-exposure management is a key component of infection prevention and control programs designed to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This narrative review aims to comprehensively review the risk assessment process for each of these pathogens at all steps of the epidemiological process, i.e., source–exposure route–receptive person, in order to provide a better understanding of the delicate differences that influence the transmission risk and that drive the individualized post-exposure management.
AB - Accidental exposure to blood or other biological fluids is a common occurrence in dentistry, and its post-exposure management is a key component of infection prevention and control programs designed to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This narrative review aims to comprehensively review the risk assessment process for each of these pathogens at all steps of the epidemiological process, i.e., source–exposure route–receptive person, in order to provide a better understanding of the delicate differences that influence the transmission risk and that drive the individualized post-exposure management.
KW - dentists
KW - HBV
KW - HCV
KW - healthcare workers
KW - HIV
KW - post-exposure prophylaxis
KW - prophylaxis
U2 - 10.3390/pathogens12070968
DO - 10.3390/pathogens12070968
M3 - Review article
C2 - 37513815
AN - SCOPUS:85166652044
SN - 2076-0817
VL - 12
JO - Pathogens
JF - Pathogens
IS - 7
M1 - 968
ER -