The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , January 2007

Human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis testing and prevalence among surgical patients in an urban university hospital

Presented at the 91st Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons, San Francisco, CA, October 18, 2005

  • Eric S. Weiss, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-410-539-7677; fax: +1-410-522-5048.
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  • Edward E. Cornwell III, M.D., F.A.C.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Theresa Wang, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Dora Syin, B.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • E. Anne Millman, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Johns Hopkins Patient Safety and Quality Research Group, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Peter J. Pronovost, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Johns Hopkins Patient Safety and Quality Research Group, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • David Chang, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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  • Martin A. Makary, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Johns Hopkins Patient Safety and Quality Research Group, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA

Received 27 November 2005 ,Revised 22 July 2006

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PII: S0002-9610(06)00623-4

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2006.07.008

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 193, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , January 2007