Protection from HIV on electives: questionnaire survey of UK medical schools

In 1999 the BMJ published our survey at one teaching hospital of students returning from electives, focusing on risks from bloodborne virus infections. 1 In the same edition a survey of all United Kingdom medical schools showed similar concerns and recommended a national policy on protecting medical...

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Published in:BMJ 2002-11, Vol.325 (7371), p.1010-1011
Main Authors: Tilzey, Anthea J, Banatvala, Jangu E
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Blood
Developing Countries
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - organization & administration
General aspects
Health Surveys
HIV
HIV Infections - prevention & control
Human immunodeficiency virus
Human viral diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical research
Medical schools
Medical sciences
Medical students
Needlestick injuries
Nursing students
Occupational Exposure
Organizational Policy
Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation
Polls & surveys
Prevention
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Questionnaires
Rabies
School surveys
Student surveys
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Travel
United Kingdom
Vaccination
Viral diseases
Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids
Viral infections
Viruses
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Summary:In 1999 the BMJ published our survey at one teaching hospital of students returning from electives, focusing on risks from bloodborne virus infections. 1 In the same edition a survey of all United Kingdom medical schools showed similar concerns and recommended a national policy on protecting medical students, 2 and an accompanying editorial described students on electives as "unprepared, ill advised, and at risk."
ISSN:0959-8138
0959-8146
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.325.7371.1010