TY - JOUR
T1 - Outcomes of a postexposure prophylaxis program at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana
T2 - A retrospective cohort study
AU - Tetteh, Raymond A.
AU - Nartey, Edmund T.
AU - Lartey, Margaret
AU - Mantel-Teeuwisse, Aukje K.
AU - Leufkens, Hubert G.M.
AU - Nortey, Priscilla A.
AU - Dodoo, Alexander N.O.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© SAGE Publications.
PY - 2015/11/1
Y1 - 2015/11/1
N2 - The risk for occupational exposure to HIV is a serious public health problem that is well characterized in the developed world, but less so in the developing countries such as Ghana. This study was undertaken to examine the characteristics of occupational exposure to HIV and the utilization of a risk assessment system (RAS)-based postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) among health care workers (HCWs) and health care students (HCSs) in the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). During the study period (January 2005-December 2010), a total of 260 and 35 exposures were reported by HCWs and HCSs, respectively. Ward attendants reported the highest incidence rate of 6.46 of 100 person-years (P-Y). The incidence of high-risk exposures was 0.33 of 100 P-Y (n = 65); 60.0% occurred during a procedure of disposing of a needle and 24.6% during a cannula insertion. A total of 289 of the 295 individuals were administered PEP, of which 181 (62.6%) completed the 6-month follow-up testing schedule and none sero-converted. This shows that with a good RAS in place, it is possible to deploy an effective PEP program in a typical African teaching hospital like the KBTH in Accra, Ghana.
AB - The risk for occupational exposure to HIV is a serious public health problem that is well characterized in the developed world, but less so in the developing countries such as Ghana. This study was undertaken to examine the characteristics of occupational exposure to HIV and the utilization of a risk assessment system (RAS)-based postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) among health care workers (HCWs) and health care students (HCSs) in the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH). During the study period (January 2005-December 2010), a total of 260 and 35 exposures were reported by HCWs and HCSs, respectively. Ward attendants reported the highest incidence rate of 6.46 of 100 person-years (P-Y). The incidence of high-risk exposures was 0.33 of 100 P-Y (n = 65); 60.0% occurred during a procedure of disposing of a needle and 24.6% during a cannula insertion. A total of 289 of the 295 individuals were administered PEP, of which 181 (62.6%) completed the 6-month follow-up testing schedule and none sero-converted. This shows that with a good RAS in place, it is possible to deploy an effective PEP program in a typical African teaching hospital like the KBTH in Accra, Ghana.
KW - HIV risk exposures
KW - health care workers
KW - postexposure prophylaxis
KW - risk assessment system
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84947781710&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2325957413508321
DO - 10.1177/2325957413508321
M3 - Article
C2 - 24162616
AN - SCOPUS:84947781710
SN - 2325-9574
VL - 14
SP - 544
EP - 552
JO - Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
JF - Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
IS - 6
ER -
