Disease relevance of Blood-Borne Pathogens

• The APIC statement on purposes for and elements of patient notification programs related to the health care worker infected with human immunodeficiency virus or the hepatitis B "e" antigen. The Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, Inc. Committee on Bloodborne Pathogens [1].

High impact information on Blood-Borne Pathogens

• We have selected s.c. jet injection for subsequent trials of rV-CEA based on the ability to accommodate larger injection volumes, enhanced standardization between clinicians, and avoidance of needles that could transmit the vaccine or blood-borne pathogens to health care workers [2].
• Some low latex and nonlatex content gloves are very resistant to leakage and should provide an effective barrier for preventing exposure to blood-borne pathogens, while others may not [3].
• Education is needed to prevent infectious complications such as abscesses and blood-borne pathogens among anabolic-androgenic steroid injectors [4].
• Streptomycin should not be used, because of the risk of transmitting blood-borne pathogens through contaminated needles [5].
• To determine their ability to detect blood-borne pathogens, the blood culture media BCB Release (Becton Dickinson, USA) and Signal (Oxoid, UK) were evaluated on a total of 5,122 blood culture sets [6].

Associations of Blood-Borne Pathogens with chemical compounds

• Lab portion of OSHA Exposure Control Plan for Bloodborne Pathogens [7].
• A false positive diagnosis can result in unnecessary parenteral injections that carry a risk of transmission of blood-borne pathogens, receipt of potentially dangerous drugs such as halofantrine, or receipt of fake, counterfeit drugs [8].

Gene context of Blood-Borne Pathogens

• OSHA's final bloodborne pathogens standard: Part II [9].
• Recombinant FVIII products have demonstrated excellent haemostatic efficacy and higher safety with regard to the transmission of blood-borne pathogens [10].
• ACS/CDC meeting explores risks of blood-borne pathogens [11].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Blood-Borne Pathogens

• Oral amoxicillin, if equally effective for treating severe pneumonia, would address challenges associated with providing parenteral therapy, including risk of transmission of bloodborne pathogens from contaminated needles, exposure to nosocomial pathogens during hospitalization, inadequate access to health care facilities, and cost [12].

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