Risk Assessment for Healthcare Workers After a Sentinel Case of Rabies and Review of the Literature | Zendy

Virginia L. Kan | Zendy; Patrick C. Joyce | Zendy; Debra Benator | Zendy; K. Agnes | Zendy; James R. Gill | Zendy; Monica Irmler | Zendy; A. Clark | Zendy; George Giannakos | Zendy; Audrey Gabourel | Zendy; Fred M. Gordin | Zendy

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Risk Assessment for Healthcare Workers After a Sentinel Case of Rabies and Review of the Literature

Author(s) -

Virginia L. Kan,

Patrick C. Joyce,

Debra Benator,

K. Agnes,

James R. Gill,

Monica Irmler,

A. Clark,

George Giannakos,

Audrey Gabourel,

Fred M. Gordin

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciu850

Subject(s) - medicine , rabies , transmission (telecommunications) , health care , saliva , rabies virus , intensive care medicine , healthcare worker , pathology , electrical engineering , engineering , economics , economic growth

After a case of rabies, healthcare workers (HCWs) had fear of contagion from the infected patient. Although transmission of rabies to HCWs has never been documented, high-risk exposures theoretically include direct contact of broken skin and/or mucosa with saliva, tears, oropharyngeal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, and neural tissue. Urine/kidney exposure posed a concern, as our patient's renal transplant was identified as the infection source.

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