Standard PrecautionsNURSESPRACTICESINFECTIOUSHepatitisExposure to bloodInfectionsNeedleDiseasesOccupationalRecommendsAmong health care workersUnsafeInfection-control2000AdministratorsSafetyRiskRecommendationsPatientRisksPROTECTWomenPrevalenceSurveillancePatientsServicesVirusQualityEnvironmentShareMedicalDivision
Standard Precautions2
- ABSTRACT The aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the prevalence and circumstances of needlestick injury (NSI) among heath care workers at University of Alexandria teaching hospitals and to assess the effectiveness of the existing control measures and standard precautions. (who.int)
- The workshop theme was "Clean Care is Safer Care", and recommendations included the use of standard precautions and best practices to reduce healthcare-associated infection. (who.int)
NURSES1
PRACTICES8
- This report contains CDC guidance that augments the 2011 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for evaluating hepatitis B protection among health-care personnel (HCP) and administering post-exposure prophylaxis. (cdc.gov)
- Immunization of health-care personnel: recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices [ACIP]. (cdc.gov)
- In the early 1990s as the body art industry grew, professional associations were formed to promote better business practices in the industry and address safety and health issues. (cdc.gov)
- Because of concerns voiced by artists in the industry, NIOSH researchers visited several tattooing and piercing studios and found certain practices used in body piercing and tattooing could increase the chance of an artist coming in contact with blood. (cdc.gov)
- NIOSH met with many of the tattooing and piercing professional organizations, other government agencies, scientists and the artists themselves to learn more about body art work practices and what could be done to lower artists' chance of exposure to bloodborne diseases. (cdc.gov)
- To lower exposure to blood, NIOSH recommends using safe work practices and staying informed about problems affecting body artists. (cdc.gov)
- Body artists face unique risks for exposure to bloodborne pathogens, but when proper safety and health practices are followed, these risks can be greatly reduced. (cdc.gov)
- 10. In the African Region, most countries lack national policies on safe health-care practices. (who.int)
INFECTIOUS3
- The virus remains infectious for prolonged periods on environmental surfaces and is transmissible in the absence of visible blood ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
- HCP do not recognize all exposures to potentially infectious blood or body fluids ( 2 ) and, even if exposures are recognized, often do not seek postexposure prophylactic management ( 3 ). (cdc.gov)
- You must act now to limit the continuing spread of serious infectious diseases among health care workers, who each year sustain approximately 590,000 needlestick injuries in their care of patients nationwide. (citizen.org)
Hepatitis6
- It is a community-based information and education program aimed at raising awareness about the risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C from needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries. (cdc.gov)
- Blood and any body fluid visibly contaminated with blood should be considered capable of transmitting hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (medscape.com)
- Explicit guidance is provided for persons working, training, or volunteering in health-care settings who have documented hepatitis B (HepB) vaccination years before hire or matriculation (e.g., when HepB vaccination was received as part of routine infant [recommended since 1991] or catch-up adolescent [recommended since 1995] vaccination). (cdc.gov)
- This report emphasizes the importance of administering HepB vaccination for all HCP, provides explicit guidance for evaluating hepatitis B protection among previously vaccinated HCP (particularly those who were vaccinated in infancy or adolescence), and clarifies recommendations for postexposure management of HCP exposed to blood or body fluids. (cdc.gov)
- Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has long been recognized as an occupational risk for health-care personnel (HCP), including HCP trainees ( 1 , 2 ). (cdc.gov)
- Contact with another person's blood may expose workers to bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (cdc.gov)
Exposure to blood1
- Healthcare personnel include employees, volunteers, attending clinicians, students, contractors, and any public safety workers whose activities involve contact with patients and their environment such that exposure to blood or other body fluids can occur. (medscape.com)
Infections2
- Occupational transmission of blood-borne infections may also occur through parenteral, mucous membrane, and non-intact skin exposure. (medscape.com)
- Healthcare providers must be aware of emerging infections that may been brought from an affected region by travelers. (medscape.com)
Needle2
- The greatest risk for transdermal transmission is via a skin penetration injury that is fairly deep and sustained with a sharp hollow-bore needle that has visible blood on it that had recently been removed from a blood vessel of a patient with a high viral load. (medscape.com)
- When working on this unique medium, artists may come in contact with a client's blood if they are stuck with the needle that they are using on a client (or stuck with a used needle during disposal), or if the client's blood splashes into the eyes, nose, or mouth. (cdc.gov)
Diseases2
- Another important issue is the fact that many medical institutions adopt clinical pathways, algorithms, and plans for management of their own health care personnel but are woefully lacking when faced with the outside individual at significant risk for these diseases from needlesticks, mucous membrane splashes, or sexual encounters. (medscape.com)
- Patient safety practice refers to processes or structures which, when applied, reduce the probability of adverse events resulting from exposure to the health-care system across a range of diseases and procedures.1 It aims at making health care safer for both clients and staff. (who.int)
Occupational1
- This guidance can assist clinicians, occupational health and student health providers, infection-control specialists, hospital and health-care training program administrators, and others in selection of an approach for assessing HBV protection for vaccinated HCP. (cdc.gov)
Recommends2
- The CDC recommends that the minimum interval from potential exposure to Zika virus and blood donation is 120 days. (medscape.com)
- ACIP recommends HepB vaccination for unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated HCP with reasonably anticipated risk for blood or body fluid exposure. (cdc.gov)
Among health care workers2
- This scenario has unfolded thousands of times among health care workers, often with tragic results. (cdc.gov)
- A study on infection control by improving hand hygiene among health-care workers by systematically using hand rub alcohol before attending to patients is being conducted in Mali. (who.int)
Unsafe1
- More than half of these occur in surgical care, and more than half are preventable.2 Unsafe injections, blood and medicines are other important sources of patient harm worldwide. (who.int)
Infection-control1
- 4 Allegranzi B, Pittet D, Healthcare-associated infection in developing countries: simple solutions to meet complex challenges, Journal of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology 28: 1323-1327, 2007. (who.int)
20001
- trolandPrevention(CDC)estimated ofstandardprecautionswasalsocon- The survey tool was pre-tested on a thatapproximately800000healthcare ducted.Thisstudywillprovideessential randomsampleof55participantsto workers(HCWs)intheUnitedStates baselinedatafordevelopingandtesting ensureitspracticabilityandvalidity.The wereinjuredbypatientneedlesand low-costtraininginterventionsinstand- reliabilityofthequestionnairewasas- about 2000 of those workers tested ardprecautions. (who.int)
Administrators2
- The target audience includes clinical and nonclinical health care workers and health care administrators in hospitals, doctor's offices, nursing homes, and home health care agencies. (cdc.gov)
- We designed the Stop Sticks Campaign materials to prepare and motivate health care workers and administrators to make the changes needed to reduce sharps injuries within their organizations. (cdc.gov)
Safety5
- Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC) Certification Part 1 *CPO Approved! (osg.ca)
- Resolution WHA55.18 of the Fifty-fifth World Health Assembly urged Member States to consider the problem and to establish or strengthen science-based systems necessary for improving patients' safety and quality of health care.7 In addition, the Fifty-seventh World Health Assembly supported the creation of the World Alliance for Patient Safety. (who.int)
- and a coalition of nations, stakeholders and individuals to transform the safety of health care worldwide. (who.int)
- Following the adoption of Resolution WHA55.18, a number of countries took steps to prevent healthcare-associated infection to improve patient safety in the Region. (who.int)
- Inappropriate funding and unavailability of critical support systems, including strategies, guidelines, tools and patient safety standards, remain major concerns in the Region.8 There is need for investment to enhance patient safety in health-care services. (who.int)
Risk2
- This may seem like an odd topic for a science blog, but not when you consider the artists' risk of exposure to bloodborne pathogens. (cdc.gov)
- Also, since bloodborne pathogens can be spread through contact with blood and other bodily fluids such as semen and vaginal secretions, sexual partners could also be at risk of getting a bloodborne disease. (cdc.gov)
Recommendations1
- Recommendations for protecting tattoo artists and body piercers from bloodborne pathogens can be found on the NIOSH Body Art web page. (cdc.gov)
Patient1
Risks1
PROTECT1
Women1
- Although Zika virus is mainly transmitted via infected mosquitos, it has also been shown to be transmitted by sexual contact (especially from men to women [including from asymptomatic men]) and by blood, including from mother to fetus. (medscape.com)
Prevalence1
- Two studies were conducted in Kenya and South Africa on the prevalence of adverse events occurring in private and public health-care settings. (who.int)
Surveillance1
Patients1
Services1
- Global Trade Watch's mission is to ensure that in this era of globalization, a majority have the opportunity to enjoy economic security, a healthy environment, safe food, medicines and products, access to quality affordable services such as health care and the exercise of democratic decision-making about the matters that affect our lives. (citizen.org)
Virus1
- Zika virus has emerged as a pathogen of greater notice, as the incidence of this infection has increased in the Caribbean and Brazil. (medscape.com)
Quality1
- Health care in the U.S. leaves too many people out, costs too much and doesn't meet acceptable standards of quality. (citizen.org)
Environment1
- It should safeguard consumers, workers and the environment, and be funded well enough to do so. (citizen.org)
Share1
- We must act quickly to make our economy run on renewable power - and ensure that disadvantaged families and displaced workers share equitably in the new economy. (citizen.org)