Results: During 1985-2013, 58 confirmed (figure) and 150 possible cases of occupationally acquired HIV by HCP were reported to the CDC. Among the 58 confirmed cases, the routes of exposure were percutaneous puncture or cut (n=49), mucocutaneous exposure (n=5), both percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure (n=2), and unknown (n=2). The exposures were to HIV-infected blood (n=49), concentrated virus in laboratories (n=4), visibly bloody body fluid (n=1), and unspecified body fluids (n=4). Since 1999, only one confirmed case has been reported.
Conclusions: Confirmed cases of occupationally acquired HIV require documented seroconversion temporally related to a specific exposure. Occupational acquisition of HIV infection by HCP is now exceedingly rare.
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