WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit
- ISBN-10
- 9241599251
- ISBN-13
- 9789241599252
- Pages
- 55
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
Description
The new WHO guidelines provide recommended steps for safe phlebotomy and reiterate accepted principles for drawing, collecting blood and transporting blood to laboratories/blood banks. The main areas covered by the toolkit are: 1. bloodborne pathogens transmitted through unsafe injection practices;2. relevant elements of standard precautions and associated barrier protection;3. best injection and related infection prevention and control practices;4. occupational risk factors and their management.
