Saturday, December 17, 2016

Introduction On Needlestick Injury Issue in Malaysia

Greeting to all,

Before going deeper,there is a few abbreviation or terms that must be mastered in order to make the process of understanding what it is all about more easier..
They say you can't fall in love without knowing the person right?Same goes with the learning process:)

ABBREVIATION
HCW                 Health Care Workers
EPP                   Exposure Prone Procedures
PEP                   Post Exposure Prophylaxis
HIV                   Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HBV                  Hepatitis B Virus
Anti-HBs           Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
HBIG                Hepatitis B Immune Globulin
HCV                 Hepatitis C Virus
HCV RNA       Hepatitis C Virus Ribonucleic Acid
PCR                 Polymerase Chain Reaction
FMS                 Family Medicine Specialist

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