Hepatitis C : Prevention
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Avoid contact with blood or blood products whenever possible. Health care workers should follow precautions when handling blood and bodily fluids. Do not inject illicit drugs, and especially do not share needles with anyone. Be careful when gettin...
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No vaccine has yet been developed to prevent hepatitis C in persons exposed to the virus. In addition, there is no role of gamma-globulin in the prevention of the infection. There are, however, many ways in which infection may be avoided: Those wh...
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Safe sex means taking precautions during sex that can keep you from getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD), or from giving an STD to your partner. These diseases include genital herpes, genital warts, HIV, Chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, hepatitis B and C, and others.
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Detailed safer sex guidelines for sexually transmitted disease prevention
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Detailed safer sex guidelines for sexually transmitted disease prevention
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Detailed safer sex guidelines for sexually transmitted disease prevention
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Detailed safer sex guidelines for sexually transmitted disease prevention
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These are procedures to be followed by all staff who are caring for a patient believed to be harboring a highly contagious dangerous pathogen, such as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), that is transmitted in blood, blood products, and other body fluids. Universal precautions were described in directives and guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1987, and in standards published by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in 1991.
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The Precautionary Principle is referred to in the 1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development; the declaration includes the principle, " Nations shall use the precautionary approach to protect the environment. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, scientific uncertainty shall not be used to postpone cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation.
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Universal precautions are safety procedures established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA). Purpose These precautions are used in medical and dental offices to prevent the transmission of infectious diseases to patients and health care workers.
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