Most of the confirmed cases in which a healthcare worker contracted HIV as a direct result of occupational activities were the result of ____.
A. performing a urinalysis
B. obtaining a stool sample
C. performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
D. breathing the air in an infected patient's hospital room
E. a puncture wound or needlestick
E. a puncture wound or needlestick
Investigations showed that most of these cases were the result of percutaneous exposure—exposure via puncture wound or needlestick.
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