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Document ID (ISN)108010
CIS number 08-279
ISBN(s) 92-4-159362-8 (En); 92-75-32683-5 (es)
Year 2005
Convention or series no.
Title Preventing needlestick injuries toolkit
Original title Prevención de lesiones por pinchazo de aguja [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information World Health Organization, Distribution and Sales Service,1211 Genève 27, Switzerland, 2007. 44 web documents (PDF format).
Internet access http://www.who.int/occupational_health/activities/pnitoolkit/en/index.html [in English]
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/activities/pnitoolkit/es/index.html [in Spanish]
Abstract Collection of web documents on the prevention of needlestick injuries among health care workers, grouped under the following headings: general information; training materials; case studies, core presentations, short presentations for practice teaching; International Council of Nurses' fact sheets and guidelines; ILO code of practice (COP) on HIV/AIDS and implementing the ILO COP; American Nurses Association's needlestick prevention guide; documents from the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention; surveillance; WHO injection safety materials.
Descriptors (primary) WHO; safe working methods; health care personnel; needle-stick injuries
Descriptors (secondary) public OSH institutions; USA; ILO; training material; limitation of exposure; safety guides; immunodeficiency syndrome
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceWHO
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Health care services