Universal precautions/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Universal precautions.

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.

This definition is at least in part based on: Anonymous (2024), Universal precautions (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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