Protecting Healthcare Workers from Bloodborne Pathogens
These resources may be of use to healthcare personnel:
- Workbook for Designing, Implementing,
and Evaluating a Sharps Injury Prevention Program
A workbook designed for Infection Control & Occupational Health Personnel, Hospital Administrators and Sharps Injury Prevention Committees. - Exposure to Blood - What Health-Care Workers Need to Know, 2003 (PDF 371KB) Important factors that may determine the overall risk for occupational transmission of a bloodborne pathogen include the number of infected individuals in the patient population, the chance of becoming infected after a single blood contact from an infected patient, and the type and number of blood contacts.
- Universal Precautions and Protective Barriers
- Selecting, Evaluating, and Using Sharps Disposal Containers 1998
- Aerosols and HIV
Guidelines
- Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis MMWR 2005
- Public Health Service Guidelines on the Management of Exposure to HBV,HCV, & HIV with PEP Recommendations MMWR 2001
- Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998
- Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease. MMWR 1998
- Biosafety in microbiological and biomedical laboratories 4th Edition, 1993
- Guidelines for prevention of transmission of HIV and hepatitis B virus to health care and public safety workers. MMWR 1989
- Update: Universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings. MMWR 1988
- Recommendations for prevention of HIV transmission in health care settings. MMWR 1987
Sterilization/Disinfection
- Sterilization or Disinfection of Medical Devices
- Sterilization or Disinfection of Medical Devices:Patient-Care Equipment
- Laundry: Washing Infected Material
Date last modified: July 5, 2006
Content source: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
Content source: Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
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