"Universal Precautions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Prudent standard preventive measures to be taken by professional and other health personnel in contact with persons afflicted with a communicable disease, to avoid contracting the disease by contagion or infection. Precautions are especially applicable in the diagnosis and care of AIDS patients.
| Descriptor ID |
D016635
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.780.200.925
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| Concept/Terms |
Universal Precautions- Universal Precautions
- Precautions, Universal
- Precaution, Universal
- Universal Precaution
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Universal Precautions" by people in Profiles.
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COVID-19 diagnostic testing and the psychology of precautions fatigue. Cleve Clin J Med. 2021 01 01; 88(1):19-21.
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Infection control practices among interventional radiologists: results of an online survey. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2009 Aug; 20(8):1070-1074.e5.
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Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 18; 148(6):409-18.
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Compliance with universal precautions: knowledge and behavior of residents and students in a department of obstetrics and gynecology. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 1998; 6(3):123-8.
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Human immunodeficiency virus and infectious considerations. Crit Care Clin. 1993 Oct; 9(4):741-63.