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Risk of infection among primary health workers in the Western Development Region, Nepal: knowledge and compliance

Author(s) -

Narhari Timilshina,

Mohammad Aslam Ansari,

Vinita Dayal

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.782

Subject(s) - universal precautions , infection control , biomedical waste , medicine , personal protective equipment , hand washing , health care , environmental health , risk of infection , medical emergency , hygiene , surgery , family medicine , covid-19 , pathology , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , genetics , biology , economics , economic growth

Without protective practices such as antiseptic hand washing, the use of sterile/surgical gloves, safe needles, sterile equipment, and safe instrument and waste disposal procedures outlined in universal precaution guidelines, basic health workers (BHWs) are at substantial risk of blood-borne infections.

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