title: Protecting our patients and ourselves.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program of Nurse Anesthesia, Samuel Merritt College, Oakland, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sommer
mesh_terms: D017848:Blood-Borne Pathogens / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods*; D017758:Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity