Preventing exposures to bloodborne pathogens among paramedics

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• Personal Author:
  Boal, Winifred L. ; Leiss, Jack K. ; Fishman, Celia ; Grafft, Joseph A.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  "Patient care puts paramedics at risk of exposure to blood. These exposures carry the risk of infection from bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS. A national survey of 2,664 paramedics contributed new information about their risk of exposure to blood and identified opportunities to control exposures and prevent infections." - NIOSHTIC-2
• Content Notes:
  "The principal contributors to this document were Winifred L. Boal, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and Jack K. Leiss, Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities. NIOSH also acknowledges the valuable assistance of Celia Fishman, National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians; and Joe Grafft, National Association of Emergency Medical Services Educators."
• Subjects:
  Blood-Borne Pathogens Emergency Medical Technicians Infection Control/methods Occupational Exposure/prevention & Control Safety Management
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  print; [4 p.] : ill. ; 28 cm.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20036743
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:987eabda8763392dfd81e3ceba3ba5eb844c257fcff2afe82ac26129ee19cd4ea0de40c5dfb4ace162fa173d700efe4025e4f3afd96ee6d7ea3ecce18e294336
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/5653/cdc_5653_DS1.pdf
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