MedBioSphere
Articles Videos The Web  
    

Search Results universal precautions

1. The basics of universal precautions: teaching staff to avoid infection.(includes glossary of related terms)(camping staff members)
Universal precautions refers to infection control measures...of infection transmission. Thus, universal precautions should be considered an important...Following are the basic principles of universal precautions. Contact with blood must be avoided...
July 1, 1999; Camping Magazine

2. Practice of Universal Precautions among Healthcare Workers
...hospital. Compliance with universal precautions has been shown to reduce...assessing the observance of universal precautions by HCWs in Abeokuta, Ogun...studied. Noncompliance with universal precautions place Nigerian HCWs at significant...
May 1, 2006; Journal of the National Medical Association

3. AIDS: the cost of universal precautions. (editorial)
AIDS: The cost of universal precautions Although the benefits of universal precautions in preventing HIV transmission are significant...350,900 annually after the adoption of universal precautions in 1987. (1) For inpatients, the cost of...
February 1, 1991; Medical Laboratory Observer

4. Lessons from controversy in applying universal precautions for HIV/AIDS.
...with HIV, and implementing universal precautions for various educational...problems with implementing universal precautions and suggest guidelines to...train school personnel on universal precautions is evident. In December...
August 1, 1994; Journal of School Health

5. Preventing infection in the classroom: The use of universal precautions
...environment (Biological Waste Disposal, 2002). Universal precautions are safety techniques that interrupt the...contact with blood or bodily fluids use universal precautions. Universal precautions include proper hand-washing, putting on...
March 1, 2003; Teaching Exceptional Children

6. universal precautions
The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia 10-01-1996 universal precautions, methods for health-care workers to avoid infection...blood-borne diseases, such as AIDS or hepatitis B. Universal precautions were first developed by the Centers for Disease...
October 1, 1996; The Mosby Medical Encyclopedia

7. Compliance with blood and body fluid precautions. (Center for Disease Control's Universal Precautions) (Tips from Other Journals )
...studied compliance with universal precautions in a university hospital...correct application of the universal precautions. During the first part of...45-day period, infractions of universal precautions occurred in 57 percent of...
May 1, 1991; American Family Physician

8. Should we protect families from patients? (use of universal precautions when family members view the body of a loved one who died from infectious disease)(case study: includes commentaries)
...members and friends use universal precautions? Perhaps even told them...contaminated blood and body fluids, universal precautions are required by the Occupational...of or rationale for using universal precautions. Additionally, they were...
May 1, 1998; The Hastings Center Report

9. Perception of HIV risk and reported compliance with universal precautions: a comparison of Australian dental hygienists and dentists.
...surgery--complicated extractions, soft and hard tissue surgery; orthodontics); infection avoidance strategies (universal precautions -- screening, barrier, and sterilization procedures); and thoughts about providing care for HIV-antibody-positive...
January 1, 1997; Journal of Dental Hygiene

10. Universal precautions.
Almost all hospital risk managers and administrators agree that medication errors pose a significant problem to the nation's healthcare system, a survey has found.
April 1, 2000; Healthcare Purchasing News