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HEALTHCARE WORKER [3 records]

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Record 1 2024-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Human Diseases - Various
CONT

Exposure-prone procedures are those invasive procedures where there is a risk that injury to the healthcare worker may result in the exposure of the patient's open tissues to the blood of the healthcare worker. These include procedures where the healthcare worker's gloved hand may be in contact with sharp instruments, needle tips or sharp tissues(e. g. spicules of bone and teeth) inside a patient's open body cavity, wound or confined anatomical space where the hands or fingertips may not be completely visible at all times.

Key term(s)
  • exposure prone procedure

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Maladies humaines diverses
CONT

Les actes à risque de transmission (ART) sont des interventions effractives où il existe un risque qu'une blessure d'un travailleur de la santé (TS) se traduise par une exposition des lésions tissulaires du patient au sang du TS.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Paramedical Staff
CONT

Health care workers include workers who provide health care services directly to individuals, technical support to medical staff, and support services within a health care setting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Personnel para-médical
CONT

Les travailleurs de la santé comprennent les travailleurs qui fournissent des services de santé directement aux particuliers, du soutien technique au personnel médical et des services de soutien dans un milieu de soins de santé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Personal médico
  • Personal paramédico
CONT

Una de las características más alarmantes del SARS [síndrome respiratorio agudo severo] en estas áreas es su propagación rápida en los hospitales, donde ha afectado a un gran número de trabajadores de la salud.

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Record 3 2001-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

A needle stick puts the healthcare worker at risk to any of 20 blood-borne pathogens, including HIV, hepatitis B, and chronic hepatitis C. Needle sticks can occur when attempting to recap or when disposing a sharp in an overflowing sharps container.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Recommandations au personnel soignant et de laboratoire [pour prévenir une éventuelle contamination par le V.I.H.] - utiliser de préférence du matériel d'injection à usage unique. En cas d'impossibilité, désinfecter à l'alcool les aiguilles réemployables (injections hypodermiques, acupuncture); - ne jamais réencapuchonner les aiguilles.

Spanish

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