tsandard precautions

NURSING 1

( STANDARD PRECAUTIONS)

Today I would like to discuss a subject, which is very relevant to Nursing; we have been introduced to this subject very briefly in our practical sessions.

The journal, which we will present, is on Standard Precautions.
The article is a Nursing Standard article which is owned by nurses for nurses. The article was published in May 1997.

I will now give you some brief history on the subject.

Universal blood and body fluid precautions (Universal Precautions) were originally devised by the U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in 1985. In response to an urgent need to protect hospital personnel from blood borne infections. Emphasis is based on the assumption that all persons are presumed infectious.
In Australia the term Universal Precautions was deemed ambiguous and leading to a false notion that wearing gloves was a substitute for hand washing and that this perception was leading to an incr...