[Response by the authors to a "Letter to the editor" concerning the article Zentralbl Chir 2013; 138 (1): 88-93]

MeSH terms

• General Surgery*
• HIV Infections / prevention & control*
• HIV Infections / transmission*
• Hepatitis B / transmission*
• Hepatitis C / transmission*
• Needlestick Injuries / complications*
• Needlestick Injuries / etiology*
• Occupational Injuries / complications*
• Occupational Injuries / etiology*
• Specialties, Surgical*
• Viscera / surgery*