Guidance

Blood borne viruses: avoiding transmission from healthcare workers

Advice for incident managment teams, assessing risk of transmission of blood borne viruses from infected healthcare workers to patients.

From:
Public Health England
Published
19 February 2012

This publication was withdrawn on

This guidance is no longer in use. For current guidance see Bloodborne viruses (BBVs) in healthcare workers: health clearance and management.

Documents

[Withdrawn] Assessments on the risk of bloodborne infection transmission to patients from healthcare workers

PDF, 2.36 MB, 4 pages

Details

This guidance provides practical advice on assessing the risk of iatrogenic transmission from healthcare workers diagnosed with bloodborne viruses (BBVs) to patients.

Published 19 February 2012

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