Department of Forensic Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (U. P.).
*Corresponding author
Doctors and Para-medical staffs are quite prone to get HIV infection during the investigation and treatment of the patients or during post mortem examination from the injuries caused by needles, blades and various surgical & diagnostic instruments. According to Centre for Disease Control 5.05% HIV positive people are employed in the health care services[1]. This indicates that the thousands of doctors & paramedical staffs are exposed to the risk of getting HIV infection during discharge of their duties.
The chances of getting infection increase many times because the HIV status of patients/deceased is not clear in most of the cases. Practically it is also not possible to know the HIV status of each & every patient in the hospital. So there is a strong need to take all possible protective measures while discharging their duties during the treatment and/or post mortem examination.
AIDS, HIV, Health care workers (HCWs), Gluteraldehyde, Sodium hypochlorite, incineration, post-exposure prophylaxis
