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    Blood and Body Fluid Precautions

    Blood and Body Fluid Precautions



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    Other Works Consulted

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003). Exposure to blood: What healthcare personnel need to know. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/bbp/Exp_to_Blood.pdf.

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2003). Guidelines for environmental infection control in health-care facilities: Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC). MMWR, 52(RR-10): 1–48. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5210a1.htm. [Errata in MMWR, 52(42): 1025–1026. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5242a9.htm.]

    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2007). Guideline for isolation precautions: Preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings 2007. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/pdf/guidelines/Isolation2007.pdf.




    By: Reference Healthwise Staff Last Revised: Reference June 6, 2012
    Medical Review: Reference William H. Blahd, Jr., MD, FACEP - Emergency Medicine
    Reference H. Michael O'Connor, MD - Emergency Medicine


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