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nosocomial AIDS AIDS HIV infection/AIDS caused during the course of providing some form of health care
Nosocomial AIDS, causes
Blood transfusions A unit may be in HIV 'window' period–1:500,000 risk
Contaminated products Factor VIII concentrates that were not heat-treated were administered to hemophiliacs in France, Japan, and elsewhere, causing thousands to become infected
Contaminated devices Re-use of needles in disadvantaged regions–in Russia, 2 outbreaks of HIV-1 seroconversion were reported, infecting 58 and 23 children respectively
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| However, there's evidence that at least three people contracted the disease from blood transfusions that carried prions. Thus, we can calculate the number of infections from blood transfusions compared with the number of infections from alimentary transmission alone. Complications of blood transfusions such as transfusion reactions and the transmission of a variety of infectious agents long have been recognized. |
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