title: OSHA mandates AIDS protection.
abstract: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration's recently published final rules, designed to protect health care workers from infection by bloodborne pathogens, will prevent 200 deaths and 9,200 bloodborne infections a year.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D008506:Medical Waste / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012449:Safety; D014481:United States; D014489:United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration; D016635:Universal Precautions
chemical_list: D008506:Medical Waste