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Laboratory-acquired infections : history, incidence, causes, and prevention / C.H. Collins.

By: Collins, C. H. (Christopher Herbert).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xi, 274 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0750606428.Subject(s): Laboratory infectionsDDC classification: 614.44
Contents:
Laboratory-acquired infections -- How laboratory infections are acquired -- Classification of microorganisms on the basis of hazard and laboratories on the basis of use -- Minimizing equipment and technique-related hazards -- Microbiological safety cabinets -- Collection, transport and receipt of infectious materials -- Decontamination -- The laboratory worker -- Instruction in microbiological safety -- The safe working environment -- Risk assessment, safety supervision and emergency contingency plans -- Precautions against laboratory-acquired hepatitis and AIDS -- Precautions against laboratory-acquired typhoid fever and tuberculosis -- Precautions with unconventional agents -- Precautions with parasites in hazard group 3 -- Precautions for work with mammalian cell or tissue cultures -- Precautions against infections in the post-mortem room.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A resource for people in charge of safety in microbiological laboratories, updated to incorporate new infections, developments in risk assessment, and (British) legal requirements since 1988 (first published in 1983). Considers routes of infection, the use of equipment, transport, decontamination, and the safe disposal of infectious material. Larger topics include the overall management of a safe working environment; more specific ones includes protection against hepatitis and HIV. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-263) and index.

Laboratory-acquired infections -- How laboratory infections are acquired -- Classification of microorganisms on the basis of hazard and laboratories on the basis of use -- Minimizing equipment and technique-related hazards -- Microbiological safety cabinets -- Collection, transport and receipt of infectious materials -- Decontamination -- The laboratory worker -- Instruction in microbiological safety -- The safe working environment -- Risk assessment, safety supervision and emergency contingency plans -- Precautions against laboratory-acquired hepatitis and AIDS -- Precautions against laboratory-acquired typhoid fever and tuberculosis -- Precautions with unconventional agents -- Precautions with parasites in hazard group 3 -- Precautions for work with mammalian cell or tissue cultures -- Precautions against infections in the post-mortem room.

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