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health care workers for HIV is not cost-effective.[1113] The risk for transmission of HIV to a
patient from an infected surgeon has been estimated to be comparable to the risk of HIV
transmission after transfusion of blood screened for HIV and less than the risk from general
anesthesia. To date, only two health care workers (a dentist and a surgeon) have been implicated
in transmission of HIV to patients. For the future, risk reduction will be best accomplished via
thorough infection control measures rather than reliance upon workplace restrictions or upon
mandatory HIV testing.[161,1114,1115]
