Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Click here to register

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Clinical Pediatrics
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in ISI Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via ISI Web of Science (1)
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Stockheim, J.
Right arrow Articles by Ramos-Bonoan, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Stockheim, J.
Right arrow Articles by Ramos-Bonoan, C.
Right arrowPubmed/NCBI databases
*Substance via MeSH
Medline Plus Health Information
*Blood and Blood Disorders
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Human Bites and Blood Exposures in New York City Schools

Janet Stockheim, MD, MPH

School Health Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Department of Pediatrics, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

Nadine Wilkinson, RN, MSN

School Health Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

Carmen Ramos-Bonoan, MD

School Health Program, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

The epidemiology of human bites and blood exposures in urban schools has not been described. The authors reviewed 734 human bite and blood exposure incidents in New York City schools from September 1999 to June 2001. School site, age, gender, body site, temporal distributions, and underlying health status of individuals were reviewed. Nine incidents involved children known or suspected to be HIV-infected. Medical interventions included EMS involvement, emergency room treatment, hospitalization, vaccine administration, laceration suturing, systemic antibiotic therapy, and serologic evaluation for transmission of blood-borne pathogens. These incidents occur with a high prevalence in NYC schools and have potential for serious outcomes.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 44, No. 8, 699-703 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/000992280504400808
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?