Evaluation and Management of Occupational Exposures and Postexposure Prophylaxis.

Health care personnel (HCP) are at risk of exposure to infectious agents depending on their job duties and other factors. Risks include percutaneous exposure to blood-borne pathogens via sharp injuries (eg, human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus); exposure by direct skin contact (eg, syphilis); droplet and airborne transmission of pathogens through direct patient care (eg, pertussis, measles, invasive meningococcus infections, tuberculosis); and through indirect contact transmission related to the contaminated health care environment (eg, norovirus).