Accident compensation and occupationally acquired HIV infections in German health care workers

J Jarke

doi:10.2807/esm.04.03.00077-en

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Accident compensation and occupationally acquired HIV infections in German health care workers
J Jarke¹
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Affiliations: ¹ Health Counselling Centre of Hamburg Health Authority, Hamburg, Germany

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Citation style for this article: Jarke J. Accident compensation and occupationally acquired HIV infections in German health care workers. Euro Surveill. 1999;4(3):pii=77. https://doi.org/10.2807/esm.04.03.00077-en

Abstract

Two hundred and eighty-six occupational transmissions of HIV had been reported worldwide by the end of 1997. A third of these cases (95), usually associated with seroconversion after a specific occupational exposure, were classified as definite occupation