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Blood Borne Viruses Protecting Yourself and Your Patients

CPD Listening Time:	33 Mins
Conference:	Guildance for Infection Control for all Nurses
Date Recorded:	23 Mar 2010
Location:	Brisbane, Australia

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Blood Borne Viruses Protecting Yourself and Your Patients

This session outlines the three main blood borne viruses of concern within Australia. It provides a global picture and a concise history of these infections. The increase in rate of infection reported at the present time is discussed. The main modes of transmission of these three diseases are outlined. The standard precautions needed to prevent their spread is explained. Sexual transmission and the homophobic impact on the spread and treatment of HIV are discussed in this provocative session.

The main concepts explored in this session are:

Infection prevention and control
Clinical practice issues
Nurse education
Homophobia in relation to infection prevention

Carol Rosevear is a registered nurse with extensive experience in infection control. Carol is a qualified and highly experienced infection control nurse. Carol is currently employed in a high dependency unit in an acute care hospital in Victoria. Carol is also a partner in a private infection control consulting service.

Speaker name: Carol Rosevear
Recorded: 15 Mar 2010
Listening time: 33 Mins
Conference: Guildance for Infection Control for all Nurses
Session in Conference: Staff health issues, protecting yourself and your patients (Part 1)
State: Brisbane, Australia

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