Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and the Veterans' Administration: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, June 17, 1987U.S. Government Printing Office, 1987 - 100 pages |
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Page 80 - Diseases, Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, US Department of Health and Human Services...
Page 84 - HIV infection than health-care workers who are not pregnant; however, if a health-care worker develops HIV infection during pregnancy, the infant is at risk of infection resulting from perinatal transmission. Because of this risk, pregnant health-care workers...
Page 83 - ... handling sharp instruments after procedures. To prevent needlestick injuries, needles should not be recapped, purposely bent or broken by hand, removed from disposable syringes, or otherwise manipulated by hand. After they are used, disposable syringes and needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items should be placed in puncture-resistant containers for disposal; the punctureresistant containers should be located as close as practical to the use area. Largebore reusable needles should be placed...
Page 79 - I will be pleased to respond to any questions you or other Members of the Subcommittee may have. STATEMENT OF C.
Page 81 - AIDS and 1092 persons (842 men, 250 women) without other identified risks who were born in countries in which heterosexual transmission is believed to play a major role although precise means of transmission have not yet been fully defined.
Page 83 - Disposable syringes and needles, scalpel blades, and other sharp items should be placed into puncture-resistant containers located as close as practical to the area in which they were used. To prevent needlestick injuries, needles should not be recapped, purposefully bent, broken, removed from disposable syringes, or otherwise manipulated by hand.
Page 83 - The anticipated exposure may require gloves alone, as in handling items soiled with blood or equipment contaminated with blood or other body fluids, or may also require gowns, masks, and eye-coverings when performing procedures involving more extensive contact with blood or potentially infective body fluids, as in some dental or endoscopic procedures or postmortem examinations.
Page 84 - Hands should be washed thoroughly and immediately if they accidentally become contaminated with blood. 4. To minimize the need for emergency mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, mouth pieces, resuscitation bags, or other ventilation devices should be strategically located and available for use in areas where the need for resuscitation is predictable. 5. Pregnant HCWs are not known to be at greater risk of contracting...
Page 81 - Infected persons may be capable of spreading the virus to others for years before experiencing the signs or symptoms of AIDS. At this time, information and education...
Page 99 - Favero MS. Sterilization, disinfection and antisepsis in the hospital. In: Lennette EH, Balows A, Hausler WJ, Shadomy HJ, eds. Manual of clinical microbiology, 4th ed. Washington, DC: American Society for Microbiology: 1985:129-37.