| population risk of syringe reuse: estimating the probability of transmitting bloodborne disease. | in 2008, the medical officer of health at alberta health services (edmonton, canada) was notified that, in some practice settings, a syringe was used to administer medication through the side port of an intravenous circuit and then the syringe, with residual drug, was used to administer medication to other patients in the same manner. this practice has been implicated in several outbreaks of bloodborne infection in hospital and clinic settings. | 2010 | 20509761 |
| an assessment of the need for a dietitian in an out-patient hiv clinic. | people suffering from the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) often experience involuntary weight loss and malnutrition. altered body composition, recurrent opportunistic infection and a decline in immune function are associated with the progression of the human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection to aids. the factors that might affect nutritional status in aids are numerous and include a reduced food intake, increased metabolism, malabsorption and the acute phase response to infection. ... | 1993 | 10130857 |