WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit

WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit
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Total Pages: 55
Release: 2010
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ISBN: 9789241599252

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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.