Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Diseases and Universal Precautions

Occupational Injuries and Knowledge about Standard Precautions related to infectious diseases among clinical laboratories in Kerman

Abstract Background and objective: Bioindicators of drinking water are always influenced by physical and chemical factors such as turbidity and chlorine.  Considering the assessment of drinking water quality is based on residual chlorine, E.coli, heterotrophic bacteria and turbidity.  We aimed to evaluate the effect of pH, chlorine residual and turbidity on the microbial ...

Hepatitis B and hemodialysis: the impact of universal precautions in preventing the transmission of bloodborne viruses.

A detailed description is presented of the hemodialysis treatment for 6 weeks of a patient strongly positive for hepatitis B virus ([HBV], hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis B e antigen, HBV DNA), which was performed without any special precautions. All 59 patients potentially exposed to the HBV-positive patient, of whom 29 appeared fully unprotected by antibody, were followed for at least ...

Management of occupational bloodborne exposure in a dental teaching environment.

The aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the prevalence of reporting occupational accidents regarding exposure to biological material among undergraduate students of dentistry at an institution of higher education and to estimate risk factors associated with underreporting. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire, which had an 86.4 percent rate of return. The sample wa...

Occupational bloodborne exposure incident survey & management of exposure incidents in a dental teaching environment.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of occupational exposure incidents among undergraduate dental students and the factors associated with it in the educational dental clinics at Pharos University in Alexandria - Egypt, and to measure the commitment with applying infection control policy in the form of compliance with post-exposure management protocol and repo...

Management of exposure to bloodborne pathogens.