Infection Control Guidelines For Occupational Health In Health Care Draft 11

Download or read book Infection Control Guidelines for Occupational Health in Health Care -- Draft #11 written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These guidelines contain recommendations to assist in the prevention & management of health care worker exposures & infections in health care. Section A includes general risk assessment & recommendations that should be implemented by all employers to prevent/minimize occupational exposures to infectious diseases. Section B augments the general recommendations of section A with risk assessment and management & prevention recommendations specific to particular diseases, focussing on infectious diseases for which there is evidence that person-to-person transmission has occurred in the context of occupational exposure. Most diseases, such as diphtheria, influenza, and tuberculosis, are addressed individually. Others appear as grouped diseases (gastroenteric infections, respiratory infections, blood-borne pathogens). Section C summarizes recommendations for health care worker immunizations. Section D is a summary table of the diseases in section B, outlining exposure definitions and the need for prophylaxis, treatment, and/or work restrictions. Appendices include a glossary and information on the guideline evidence based rating system, risk evaluation, and blood-borne pathogen exposures to health care workers & the effectiveness of control measures.