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Table of Contents
- Course Home
- Objectives
- Matching Exercise
- Introduction
- Infectious Disease and Occupational Risk
- The Infection Control Network
- Infection Control on the Job: Introduction
- Infection Control on the Job: Initial Response
- Infection Control on the Job: Approach to the Patient
- Infection Control on the Job: The Post-Patient Period
- On-the-Job Infectious Disease Exposures
- Infectious Disease Prevention: Basic Principles
- Infectious Disease Prevention: Immunizations
- Infectious Disease Prevention: Standard Precautions
- Infectious Disease Prevention: Handwashing
- Conclusion
- References
- Bibliography
References
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7. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Web site. Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHCQP). Fact Sheet: Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of HIV and Other Bloodborne Infections. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dhqp/bp_universal_precautions.html. Accessed December 30, 2007.
8. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings: Recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHE/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. MMWR. 2002;51(No. RR-16):1-45.
9. Pittet D. Improving adherence to hand hygiene practice: a multidisciplinary approach. Emerg Infect Dis. 2001 Mar-Apr;7(2):234-240.