TY - JOUR T1 - Routine follow up of community needlestick injuries in children is unnecessary JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 433 LP - 433 VL - 81 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2005/10/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/81/5/433.abstract N2 - Children sustaining a needlestick injury in the community do not need routine follow up for hepatitis B (HBV) and C (HCV), nor HIV prophylaxis, doctors have concluded from a prospective study in Birmingham, UK. Immunisation against HBV and tetanus is sufficient outside inner London. The study collected data on all … ER -