Laboratory-acquired infections : history, incidence, causes, and prevention
- Title
- Laboratory-acquired infections : history, incidence, causes, and prevention / C.H. Collins.
- Published by
- Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1993.
- Author
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| Status | FormatText | AccessUse in library | Call numberQR64.7 .C65 1993 | Item locationOff-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 274 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subject
- 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.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.