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Preventing disease transmission in personal service worker occupations : resource and curriculum materials for a one-day workshop. [kit]

Rockville, Md. : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Food & Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, [1989] 1 guide, 52 slides, 1 videocassette, 6 handouts Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9100107A

Abstract: (Producer) Designed to provide educators with information and materials to conduct a training course for personal-service workers (PSWs) concerning principles of disease transmission, the epidemiology and characteristics of infectious diseases including HIV and hepatitis B, use of universal precautions including handwashing procedures and barrier techniques, and methods of sterilization and disinfection.
Keywords: *Handwashing *Health Education Hepatitis B/*PREVENTION & CONTROL *Herpes Simplex/*PREVENTION & CONTROL HIV Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL *Occupational Diseases/*PREVENTION & CONTROL Sterilization/*METHODS MONOGRAPHKWDhandwashingKWDhealtheducationhepatitisb/KWDprevention&controlKWDherpessimplex/KWDprevention&controlhivinfections/KWDprevention&controlKWDoccupationaldiseases/KWDprevention&controlsterilization/KWDmethodsmonograph
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