Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication Number 2007-157, September 2007
For Health Care Providers

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NIOSH researchers visited a number of prisons and jails to learn more about current practices and procedures being used to protect health care workers from bloodborne diseases. This poster is meant to be informative and reinforce how frontline health care workers can protect themselves from exposures to bloodborne diseases.

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Language: English (US)
Developed by: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure

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Suggested citation

NIOSH [2007]. Bloodborne pathogen exposure. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2007-157.

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