Mandatory Disclosure of Infection With Blood-Borne Pathogens: Implications for Nursing

Disclosure and reporting of infection with blood-borne pathogens: guidelines for registered nurses. Alberta Association of Registered Nurses.

Study on primary prevention of blood borne pathogens among nursing staff of teaching hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Introduction Primary prevention is the most important and effective way to prevent blood borne pathogens in the health care workers. This study was carried out to evaluate primary prevention in nursing staff of three teaching hospitals of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. Materials and methods This is a cross-sectional study among nursing staff of three teaching hospitals. Data were col...

Standardization of NAT for Blood-Borne Pathogens.

Assays based on nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) are increasingly used for screening of blood and for diagnosis or monitoring of patients. Both regulatory requirements for blood screening and international recommendations for the treatment of patients are based on common reference materials available globally for the standardization of NAT assays. World Health Organization Internatio...

Implementing a policy for practitioners infected with blood-borne pathogens.

Healthcare practitioners infected with blood-borne pathogens may pose a risk to patients. There is disagreement about how to best protect the health of patients without unjustifiably restricting the autonomy of infected practitioners. There are no accepted national standards to guide Canadian hospitals in policy development. We implemented a policy for practitioners infected with blood-borne pa...

Mandatory Disclosure and Financial Contagion∗

The paper analyzes the welfare implications of mandatory disclosure of losses at financial institutions when it is common knowledge that some banks have incurred losses but not which ones. We develop a model that features “contagion,” meaning that banks not hit by shocks may still suffer losses because of their exposure to banks that are. In addition, banks in our model have profitable investme...