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. |
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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]
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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 Province | WHO |
Subject(s) |
Commerce, services, offices
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Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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Browse category(ies) |
Health care services
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