Bloodborne pathogen risks in the lab
Infection Control Weekly Monitor, September 1, 2010
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Infection Control Weekly Monitor!
Infection control risks exist everywhere in your facility, including the lab, particularly when staff employees are handling samples that contain bloodborne pathogens.
Click here to read a case study from the Complete Guide to Laboratory Safety, Third Edition, by Terry Jo Gile, involving bloodborne pathogens exposure.
Want to receive articles like this one in your inbox? Subscribe to Infection Control Weekly Monitor!
Related Products
-
Patient Safety Monitor
As part of your Patient Safety Monitor membership, you'll receive Briefings on Patient Safety. In this 12-page monthly...
-
Patient Safety Monitor Alert
This e-mail newsletter provides healthcare professionals with the latest patient safety news, while offering useful...
-
Infection Control During Construction:
Use this quick training tool to teach construction workers about the important role they play in keeping your facility safe...
-
Lab Safety Training Made Simple
Written by "The Safety Lady,T" Terry Jo Gile, this book and CD-ROM will help make obligatory lab safety training simple and...
-
Complete Guide to Lab Safety, 3rd Ed.
The third edition of this popular resource makes training and compliance easier by consolidating regulations from all...
Most Popular
- Articles
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- Topic: CMS, OESS post new security compliance review information, checklist
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- QA:Coding multiple initial infusions
- Capturing all necessary codes for IUD insertion and removal can be challenging
- News and briefs: Oklahoma Osteopathic Association against residency bill change
- OB services: Coding inside and outside of the package
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- E-mailed
-
- Q/A: Volume requirement for reporting hydration services
- Featured blog post: Nurses face felony charges after reporting physician to the Texas Medical Board
- Catch up on what's new with injections and infusions
- New conflicts of interest create new challenges
- What does case-mix index mean to you?
- Joint Commission Center announces handoff communication solutions
- Inside best practice: Reduce patient falls with a stoplight
- Identify modifiable risk factors to prevent patient falls
- Hospitalist-surgeon comanagement has no effect on outcomes
- HIPAA Q&A: Level of encryption needed for email
- Searched