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In April 1988 a health care worker here at the National Institutes of Health's Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center became infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after an occupational exposure. The worker had lacerated her finger when a glass tube filled with blood broke as she attempted to replace the rubber stopper. Thirty days later signs and symptoms consistent with acute HIV illness developed. Eight years later she died of complications of occupationally acquired HIV infection.

This event had a profound effect on the institution. The staff had been caring for HIV-infected patients since 1981, when the epidemiology and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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