Transcription of American Nurses Association’s Needlestick Prevention Guide
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American Nurses Association sNeedlestick Prevention GuideAmerican Nurses Association sNeedlestick Prevention GuideSupported by an unrestricted educational grant from B-D, Inc. (Becton-Dickinson). 2002 American Nurses Association. All rights reserved. TDICT forms reprinted with 1 Chapter One: The Information You 3 One Nurse s Story .. 3 Work-Related Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure: The Risks for Health Care Workers .. 4 HIV/AIDS .. 6 Hepatitis C .. 8 Hepatitis B .. 9 Procedure to Follow After a Needlestick or Sharps Injury.
While the transmission rate of occupationally acquired HIV remains very low (.3%),11 AIDS is a debilitating and ultimately fatal disease. Many nurses throughout the world are living with occupationally acquired AIDS, and many have died from it. Concerns about HIV-contaminated blood led to the 1991 OSHA Bloodborne
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