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Laboratory-acquired infections : history, incidence, causes, and prevention

Title: Laboratory-acquired infections : history, incidence, causes, and prevention / C.H. Collins.
Author: Collins, C. H. (Christopher Herbert)
Publication: Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993.

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Description

xi, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Laboratory worker -- Instruction in microbiological safety -- 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 -- Legal obligations applicable to microbiology in the UK -- Safety in biotechnology -- Hazard warning notices and safety labels.

ISBN

0750606428
9780750606424

LCCN

92045169

OCLC

ocm27224411
27224411
SCSB-1990773

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library