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close this section of the libraryInjection Safety
close this section of the libraryBlood Borne Pathogens
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Title: Aide-Memoire - Injection Safety [AR] [FR] [RU] [ES]
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Policy
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 1999 Pages: 2
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: The Cost of Unsafe Injections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Author: Miller, M. A.; Pisani, E.
Year: 1999 Pages: 4
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Estimating the Global Burden of HCV Infections Associated with Unsafe Health Care Injections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Author: Armstrong, G.; Hauri, A.; Hutin, Yvan J. F.
Pages: 20
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) USA
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Title: Giving Safe Injections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Pages: 50
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: A Guide for Supervising Injections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Policy
Year: 2004 Pages: 16
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) -Report 2
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2004 Pages: 38
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre on Transfusion Transmissible Infections, Evaluations and Standards Laboratory, Health Protection Agency, London, UK
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) Report 1 - May 2001
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Title: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) Report 1 - May 2001
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2001 Pages: 51
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) -Report 2
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Title: Hepatitis C Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 1 - January 2001
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2001 Pages: 34
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre on Transfusion Transmissible Infections, Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Virus Laboratory (SBVL), Virus Reference Division, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Hepatitis C Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 2 - July 2001
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Title: Hepatitis C Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 2 - July 2001
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2001 Pages: 44
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre on Transfusion Transmissible Infections, Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Virus Laboratory (SBVL), Virus Reference Division, Central Public Health Laboratory, London, UK
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Hepatitis C Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 1 - January 2001
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Title: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2004 Pages: 72
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre for HIV/AIDS Diagnostic and Laboratory Support
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
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Title: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2004 Pages: 63
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
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Title: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2002 Pages: 30
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre at the Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
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Title: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 2002 Pages: 36
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
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Title: Injection Practices: Rapid Assessment and Response Guide
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Policy
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 2002 Pages: 31
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Basic support for institutionalizing child survival II (BASICSII )
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Title: Injection Safety
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Year: 2002 Pages: 3
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Injection Safety - First Do No Harm
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 2001 Pages: 7
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Joint ILO/WHO Guidelines on Health Services and HIV/AIDS - Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Develop Joint ILO/WHO Guidelines on Health Services and HIV/AIDS
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 2005 Pages: 66
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
International Labour Organization (ILO)
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Title: Managing an Injection Safety Policy - A Framework to Benchmark, Assess, Plan, Implement and Evaluate a National Strategy for the Safe and Appropriate Use of Injections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Policy
Year: 2003 Pages: 25
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Operational Characteristics of Commercially Available Assays to Determine Antibodies to HIV-1 and or HIV-2 in Human Sera - Report 11
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 1999 Pages: 72
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS in the Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medecine, Antwerp, Belgium
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
Operational Characteristics of Commercially Available Assays to Determine Antibodies to HIV-1 and or HIV-2 in Human Sera - Report 9/10
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
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Title: Operational Characteristics of Commercially Available Assays to Determine Antibodies to HIV-1 and or HIV-2 in Human Sera - Report 9/10
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Testing and Processing
Health Technology Assessment > Assessment Results
Health Technology Management > Procurement
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Evaluation of Diagnostics
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Quality Assurance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > HIV Testing Guidance
Diagnostics and Laboratory Technology > Laboratory Practice Guidance
Year: 1998 Pages: 72
Publishers: WHO Collaborating Centre on AIDS in the Department of Microbiology, Institute of Tropical Medecine, Antwerp, Belgium
WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Related documents: HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 13 - Urine Specimens Oral Fluid (Saliva) Specimens
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 15 - Antigen/Antibody ELISAs
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase I) - Report 12 - Simple/Rapid Tests Whole Blood Specimens
HIV Assays: Operational Characteristics - (Phase 1) - Report 14 - Simple/Rapid Tests
Operational Characteristics of Commercially Available Assays to Determine Antibodies to HIV-1 and or HIV-2 in Human Sera - Report 11
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Title: Prevention of Health Care-Associated HIV Infection
Subjects: Blood Transfusion Safety > Blood Safety and Availability
Injection Safety > Access
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Year: 2004 Pages: 4
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Safety of Immunization Injections in Africa: Not Simply a Problem of Logistics
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Policy
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Author: Dicko, M.; Ganivet, S.; Jacquet, B.; Kone, S.; Oni, A-Q. O.; Pierre, L.
Year: 2000 Pages: 7
Publishers: World Health Organization - Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO)
Regions: Africa (AFRO)
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Title: Safety of Injections - Global Facts and Figures
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Policy
Year: 2004 Pages: 2
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Safety of Injections - Questions and Answers
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Year: 2004 Pages: 3
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Safety of Mass Immunization Campaigns
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Year: 2002 Pages: 2
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Tool "A" to Identify Determinants of Poor and Good Injection Practices
Subjects: Injection Safety > Access
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Policy
Year: 2000 Pages: 34
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Tool "D" to Assess the Association Between Injections and Infections
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Title: Tool "D" to Assess the Association Between Injections and Infections
Subjects: Injection Safety > Access
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Policy
Year: 2000 Pages: 19
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: Tool "A" to Identify Determinants of Poor and Good Injection Practices
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Title: Tool for the Assessment of Injection Safety [FR] [ES]
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Year: 2001 Pages: 34
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Transmission of Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and Human Imunodeficiency Viruses Through Unsafe Injections in the Developing World: Model-Based Regional Estimates
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection
Author: Kane, A.; Kane, M.; Lloyd, J.; Simonsen, L.; Zaffran, M.
Year: 1999 Pages: 7
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: Unsafe Injections and the Transmission of Hepatitis B and C in a Periurban Community in Pakistan
Subjects: Injection Safety > Access
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Author: Dellawala, Salima; Fikree, Fariyal; Fisher-Hoch, Sue.; Karim, Anita; Khan, Aamir J.; Luby, Stephen P.; Malik, Tarik; McCormick, Joseph B.; Mirza, Shaper; Obaid, Saima
Year: 2000 Pages: 8
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Countries: Pakistan
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Title: Unsafe Injections in the Developing World and Transmission of Bloodborne Pathogens: A Review
Subjects: Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Injection
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Author: Kane, A.; Kane, M.; Lloyd, J.; Simonsen, L.; Zaffran, M.
Year: 1999 Pages: 12
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: WHO Best Practices for Injections and Related Procedures Toolkit
Subjects: Medical Devices > Equipment
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Blood collection
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 2010 Pages: 69
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
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Title: WHO Guidelines on Drawing Blood: Best Practices in Phlebotomy (Full document)
Subjects: Medical Devices > Equipment
Injection Safety > Blood Borne Pathogens
Injection Safety > Blood collection
Injection Safety > Blood sampling
Injection Safety > Infection Control
Injection Safety > Injection devices
Injection Safety > Occupational Safety
Injection Safety > Sharps Waste Management
Year: 2010 Pages: 125
Publishers: WHO Headquarters in Geneva
Related documents: WHO Guidelines on Drawing Blood: Best Practices in Phlebotomy
 

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