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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 52328 |
| CIS number |
89-1721 |
| Year |
1988 |
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| Title |
Living with AIDS at work and in the community |
| Bibliographic information |
General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union, Thorne House, Ruxley Ridge, Claygate, Esher, Surrey KT10 0TL, United Kingdom, 1988. 58p. Price: GBP 1.50 (non-members). |
| Abstract |
Policy guide on AIDS covering a wide range of problems raised by the disease. Contents: AIDS - the illness; control of AIDS - basic precautions; additional advice for particular groups of workers (health services - all departments, mortuaries and post-mortem rooms, working in sewers and sewage treatment plants, home helpers, prison workers and others); a policy for AIDS and HIV (equal opportunities and employment protection, confidentiality, training, other policy initiatives); AIDS - the campaign for health and safety at work; checklists (basic questions about AIDS, general safety for NHS workers, safety for ambulance staff, disposal of infected materials from laboratories, check on waste disposal by safety representatives); contact organisations in the United Kingdom. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
immunodeficiency syndrome; United Kingdom |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
laboratory work; virus diseases; hospitals; health care personnel; check lists; prison services; data sheet; sewage treatment; role of workers' organizations |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Biological hazards
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| Browse category(ies) |
HIV/AIDS
Bacterial and parasitic diseases
Viral diseases (other than aids)
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