• KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE OF STANDARD PRECAUTIONS AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Health care workers (HCWs) are at a high risk of needle stick injuries and blood borne pathogens, such as HIV, and Hepatitis B and C viruses, as they perform their clinical activities in the hospital3.  Standard precautions are a set of guidelines that aim to protect HCWs from infections from blood, body fluids, secretions, excretions except sweat, non-intact skin, and mucous membranes while providing care to patients. Compliance with universal precautions has been shown to reduce the risk of exposure to blood and body fluids.  ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]• The following human body fluids: semen, vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, pericardial fluid, peritoneal fluid, amniotic fluid, saliva in dental procedures, anybody fluid that is visibly contaminated with blood, and all body fluids in situations where it is difficult or impossible to differentiate between body fluids.68• Any unfixed tissue or organ (other than intact skin) from a human (living or dead);68 and• HIV – containing cell  tissue cultures, organ cultures, and HIV or HBV – containing culture medium or other solutions, and blood, organs ... Continue Reading