Saturday, May 4, 2013

Two British hospitals have warned pregnant women about the risk of HIV

Two hundred British women have in the mail warning of the need for HIV testing received after the disease was diagnosed in a staff of two hospitals, reports BBC. Infected health care workers has been in the maternity departments of medical institutions worked in 2006-2007 and took part in the operation. According to the UK Health Protection Agency, all women are at increased risk of infection, have been identified and will receive a warning. None of the currently performed tests gave a positive result. HIV carriers, whose name was not released, was working in hospitals Besildona and Southend. Warning of the risk of HIV infection have a total of 192 former patients of the institutions. Currently infected medic transferred to another position in which he. No risk to patients Representatives of the administration of medical facilities to emphasize that the risk of transmission of HIV infection in medical patients is negligible. Ever recorded in the world, there were only a few such cases.

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