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In [[health care]], | In [[health care]], '''universal precautions''' are "prudent standard preventive measures to be taken by professional and other health personnel in contact with persons afflicted with a communicable disease, to avoid contracting the disease by contagion or infection. Precautions are especially applicable in the diagnosis and care of [[AIDS]] patients."<ref>{{MeSH}}</ref> | ||
The [[United States]] [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] has published details on universal precautions in [[health care]].<ref name="pmid2836717">{{cite journal |author= |title=Update: universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings |journal=MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. |volume=37 |issue=24 |pages=377–82, 387–8 |year=1988 |month=June |pmid=2836717 |doi= |url=http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00000039.htm |issn=}}</ref><ref name="urlPerspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Update: Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings">{{cite web |url=http://www.cdc.gov/MMWR/preview/mmwrhtml/00000039.htm |title=Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Update: Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings |author=Anonymous |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=1988 |format= |work= |publisher=[[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 02:38, 2 July 2008
In health care, universal precautions are "prudent standard preventive measures to be taken by professional and other health personnel in contact with persons afflicted with a communicable disease, to avoid contracting the disease by contagion or infection. Precautions are especially applicable in the diagnosis and care of AIDS patients."[1]
The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published details on universal precautions in health care.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Universal precautions (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ (June 1988) "Update: universal precautions for prevention of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis B virus, and other bloodborne pathogens in health-care settings". MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 37 (24): 377–82, 387–8. PMID 2836717. [e]
- ↑ Anonymous (1988). Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Update: Universal Precautions for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus, Hepatitis B Virus, and Other Bloodborne Pathogens in Health-Care Settings. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.