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Document ID (ISN)100387
CIS number 02-1176
Year 2000
Convention or series no.
Title Steps to be taken in cases of accidental exposure to blood or biological fluids
Original title Conduite à tenir en cas d'accident d'exposition au sang ou à des produits biologiques [in French]
Bibliographic information Institut de Santé et de Sécurité au Travail, Bd. M. Khaznadar 5, 1007 Tunis, Tunisia, no date. 6p. Illus.
Abstract This leaflet contains practical guidance on the steps that need to be taken in cases of accidental exposure to blood or biological fluids. Contents include: first aid; reporting the accident to the employer; consulting an occupational physician or general practitioner; preventive measures including avoiding pricks from contaminated needles and using appropriate waste collectors.
Descriptors (primary) blood; Tunisia; training material; biological hazards; contamination; needle-stick injuries
Descriptors (secondary) notification of occupational accidents; safety guides; industrial physicians; first aid
Document type C - Training manuals, audiovisual material
Country / State or ProvinceTunisia
Subject(s) Commerce, services, offices
Broad subject area(s) Biological hazards
Browse category(ies) Biological hazards
OSH training