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A Method for Estimating Individual Occupational Risk

Michael D. Hagen, MD; Klemens B. Meyer, MD; Richard I. Kopelman, MD; Stephen G. Pauker, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1989;149(7):1541-1544.

Abstract
• Physicians and other health care workers are concerned about their occupational risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus infection. We have developed an approach that can help health care workers estimate their cumulative risk of infection with human immunodeficiency virus. Illustrations are used to develop a score that reflects an individual's occupational exposures and social behavior. This score is then translated into the probability that the worker is infected.

(Arch Intern Med. 1989;149:1541-1544)

Author Affiliations
From the Division of Clinical Decision Making, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, New England Medical Center, Boston, Mass.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication December 21, 1988.

Reprint requests to Division of Clinical Decision Making, New England Medical Center, Box 302, 750 Washington St, Boston, MA 02111 (Dr Pauker).

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