Table 1. Health care workers with documented or possible occupationally acquired AIDS/HIV reported from 1978 to December 1996

Occupation Documented Transmission Possible Transmission
Dental worker 0 7
Morgue technician 0 3
EMS/paramedic 0 10
Health aide 1 12
Housekeeper/maintenance 1 7
Clinical laboratory 16 16
Nurse 21 28
Nonsurgical MD 6 11
Surgical MD 0 6
Respiratory therapist 1 2
Surgical/dialysis technician 3 3
Other 3 6
Total 52 111

Adapted from HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report 1996 Vol. 8 No. 2, 1996, published by the CDC.