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Supported by Existing Guidelines:
ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS, 2005- 19f, 41 f(3); training 77,78,79
- 19f: Health policy needs to cover and promote collaboration among all relevant institutions including teaching, district and private hospitals and clinics, occupational health services, community health services, dispensaries and home-based care associations, and faith-based and other national and international NGOs. Governments should therefore: prioritize, and make adequate budgetary provisions for, human resources, infrastructure, equipment and materials for effective service delivery to patients and protection of health-care workers.
- 41 f(3); The goal of risk control is to follow the hierarchy of controls, selecting the most effective control measures in order of priority for their effectiveness in minimizing healthcare workers' exposure to blood or body fluids, or preventing injury or illness resulting from exposure.
- (f) Personal protective equipment (PPE): The use of PPE is a control measure that places barriers and filters between the worker and the hazard. Employers should make available equipment to protect workers from exposure to blood or body fluids. They should ensure that workers have access to these items free of charge;