A 29-year-old emergency medicine resident accidentally sticks herself with a blood-contaminated needle while placing a central venous line in a 45-year-old trauma patient. The HIV status of the source patient is unknown, but the source patient gives permission for HIV testing. An HIV-1/2 antigen-antibody immunoassay test is ordered and results will be available in approximately 24 hours.
What would be the best next action step?
Figure 1. HIV RNA Precedes HIV Antibody in Persons with Recent HIV Acquisition
Illustration: David H. Spach, MD
Figure 2. HIV Seroconversion Window Period
Illustration: David H. Spach, MD
Figure 3. Laboratory Markers with Acute HIV
Illustration: David H. Spach, MD
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September 20th, 2023
September 20th, 2023
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