Volume: 23S2 • March 1997

AN INTEGRATED PROTOCOL TO MANAGE HEALTH CARE WORKERS EXPOSED TO BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

Recommendations for an Integrated Protocol

1. Immediate Post-Exposure Activities

1.1 First aid
1.2 Reporting and assessment

2. Evaluating a Significant Exposure

2.1 Types of body fluids
2.2 Types of injuries

3. Counselling the HCW Following a Significant Exposure

4. Testing the Source and the HCW

4.1 Testing the source
4.2 Testing the HCW

5. Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for the HCW

6. Post-Exposure Counselling Recommendations for the HCW

7. Definitions

Appendix

Post-Exposure Chemoprophylaxis Guidelines for Occupational Exposure to HIV

References

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