Protecting Healthcare Workers from Bloodborne Pathogens
General Information
These resources may be of use to healthcare personnel:
- 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.
- Aerosols and HIV
- Laundry: Washing Infected Material
- UCLA Interactive Website to Help Healthcare Workers Exposed to Patient Bodily Fluids
Meetings
- Proceedings of the National Sharps Safety Meeting(PDF 220KB)CDC convened a National Sharps Injury Prevention Meeting on September 12, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia. The purpose of this meeting was to review sharps injury prevention efforts, identify gaps in prevention efforts, and assist CDC in creating a national action plan for eliminating sharps injuries in the United States.
Date last modified: March 6, 2007
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