Impact of new guidelines for blood exposure incidents in The Netherlands

Background In 2007, a new set of guidelines for blood exposure incidents was introduced in The Netherlands to standardize management and reduce use of hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIg). Accidents now have to be assigned into risk categories with the corresponding medical intervention. Aims To study the consequences of the guidelines on overall risk assessment and costs of hepatitis B virus (HBV) prevention. Methods Incidents ( n = 461) from both hospital as well as non-hospital health care workers and others registered by a call centre from the year 2005 were reassessed and reclassified as ‘no... Mehr ...