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Safety Precautions and Operating Procedures in an (A)BSL-4 Laboratory: 1. Biosafety Level 4 Suit Laboratory Suite Entry and Exit Procedures
Published on: October 3, 2016
[Biological risk for health care workers: updates and good medical practices from a multicentre study: foreword]
1Coordinatore del gruppo di lavoro sul rischio biologico - Sezione Tematica di Medicina Preventiva dei Lavoratori della Sanità, SIMLII, Universitá di Brescia, Brescia, Italy. porru@med.unibs.it
Abstract:
The topic of health and safety of health care workers exposed to biological agents appears as a relevant issue for the occupational physician, within a multidisciplinary context, while taking into account technical and scientific evolution, ethics, and principles of Occupational Health, current legislation. Through description of methods and results of a large multicentre study, good medical practices are proposed within the various areas of competence in occupational health, in particular for a few priority topics, such as blood borne or airborne diseases, fitness for work and danger to third parties, epidemiologic, clinical and medico-legal aspects.
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