Universal Precautions

Known as: Precautions, Universal, precautions universal, precaution universal 
Prudent standard preventive measures to be taken by professional and other health personnel in contact with persons afflicted with a communicable… (More)
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Blood-Borne Pathogenslegislation & jurisprudence

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Infectious disease prevention / control

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Review
2007
Review
2007
Universal moral grammar: theory, evidence and the future
Scientists from various disciplines have begun to focus attention on the psychology and biology of human morality. One research… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Practice of universal precautions among healthcare workers.
INTRODUCTION Healthcare workers (HCWs) are exposed to bloodborne infections by pathogens, such as HIV, and hepatitis B and C… (More)
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Universal precautions in pain medicine: a rational approach to the treatment of chronic pain.
The heightened interest in pain management is making the need for appropriate boundary setting within the clinician-patient… (More)
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Bayesian tree-structured image modeling using wavelet-domain hidden Markov models
Wavelet-domain hidden Markov models have proven to be useful tools for statistical signal and image processing. The hidden Markov… (More)
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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Determinants of nurses' adherence to universal precautions for venipunctures.
OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to predict and explain nurses' adherence to Universal Precautions (UPs) when performing… (More)
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2000
2000
Behavioral-diagnostic analysis of compliance with universal precautions among nurses.
This study used the PRECEDE model (L.W. Green, M.W. Kreuter, S.G. Deeds, & K.B. Partridge, 1980) to examine individual, job-task… (More)
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1999
1999
Compliance with universal precautions among emergency department personnel caring for trauma patients.
STUDY OBJECTIVE Emergency department personnel are at high risk of occupational infection with bloodborne pathogens. The… (More)
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1999
1999
Compliance with universal precautions in correctional health care facilities.
There were three main objectives of this cross-sectional study of Maryland State correctional health care workers. The first was… (More)
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Review
1995
Review
1995
Are universal precautions realistic?
In concluding whether universal precautions are necessary, it certainly appears that we need something to reduce the significant… (More)
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1990
1990
HIV, trauma, and infection control: universal precautions are universally ignored.
The medical, legal, and ethical problems associated with routine HIV screening have led to the recommendation that all patients… (More)
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