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Guidance Leaflet For Hepatitis B risks for First Aiders
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#1 Posted : 22 June 2005 12:56:00(UTC)
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Posted By Martin Taylor
Hi

does naybody know where I could obtain a good quality leaflet to be issued to our first aiders on the risks from Hepatitis B and the safeguards to be followed?

thanks

Martin
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#2 Posted : 22 June 2005 16:37:00(UTC)
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Posted By Di Mason
Hello Martin

The HSE leaflet INDG342, 'Blood borne Viruses in the Workplace' has a section at the end specific to first aiders, its short & sweet but useful none the less

Di
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#3 Posted : 22 June 2005 16:54:00(UTC)
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Posted By Ron Hunter
The MoD have a section in their JSP375, volume 2 (www.mod.uk). Very similar to HSE leaflet
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#4 Posted : 23 June 2005 07:31:00(UTC)
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Posted By Martin Taylor
thanks for these the HSE is good - I am also looking for information regards to vaccination and how first aiders would go about it - so if anybody knows of other leaflets I am interested

ta

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#5 Posted : 23 June 2005 08:13:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Pope
HSE have an advisory committee on dangerous pathogens - in 2003 they published on the web a risk assessment guide called "infection at work : controlling the risk. 26 pages.
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