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Date of Publication: October 01, 2001
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Correspondence
Risk of HIV from surgeons
Abstract:
It is now an established routine that all patients undergoing surgery have to be screened for Hepatitis B and sometimes Hepatitis C, in addition to HIV. Although it entails an additional financial burden on the patient and has its lacunae, it is tacitly accepted by the patient. It is ostensibly meant to prevent the surgical team from being exposed to the virus.
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