Bloodborn Pathogens Risk Table
Risk of Transmission |
Infectious Material |
| Percutaneous injury (needle stick) | Mucosal contact or contact with broken skin | Bite wound | Documented | Possible | Unlikely | |
| Hepatitis B | 2-40 percent | Not quantified (transmission by this route has not been documented; the magnitude of risk is probably high relative to that for HCV and HIV) | Not quantified (transmission by this route has not been documented) | Blood, blood products | Semen, vaginal fluid, bloody fluids, saliva | Urine, feces |
| Hepatitis C | 3-10 percent | Not quantified (transmission by this route has not been documented but is possible) | Not possible (transmission by this route has not been documented) | Blood | Blood products, bloody fluids, semen, vaginal fluid | Saliva, urine, feces |
| HIV | 0.2-0.5 percent | Not quantified (transmission by this route has been documented; pooled risk estimate: 0.1 percent) | Not quantified (possible route of transmission in two cases of non-occupational exposure) | Blood, blood products, bloody fluids | Semen, vaginal fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, breast milk, exudates, serosal fluids, amniotic fluid, saliva (during dental procedures) | Saliva, urine, feces |
ref. Gerbording, NEJM, V332 No. 7, pg. 445, Feb. 16, 1995
