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Obstetrics & Gynecology 2008;111:183-186
© 2008 by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
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The Ostrich Syndrome

Obstetrician–Gynecologists and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Exposure

Judy Levison, MD

From the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Department of Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.

Obstetrician–gynecologists and midwives as well as surgical and labor and delivery staff are at risk for contact with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), but measures can be taken to reduce the risk of exposure and transmission. Physician denial of exposure is common. Prompt identification of exposure, including rapid testing of index patients of unknown HIV status, combined with prompt initiation of prophylactic medication, may reduce transmission by 81%.






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