[Updating security instruments].
In the middle of the 1980s, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) began insisting on the necessity for universal prevention measures and protocols as the best means to prevent the transmission of blood-borne viruses. These CDCs have been carrying out an essential task, one which at first had little success, but in the past five years have been better accepted; their programs focus on ensuring that all personnel at risk to these blood-borne infections receive effective protection.
Hospital Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid. sortiz.hgugm@salud.madrid.org
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Ortiz Rueda
José Antonio
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Forcada Segarra
D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D011482:Protective Devices; D012307:Risk Factors