Joint ILO/WHO guidelines on health services and HIV/AIDS.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Purpose -- Scope and contents -- Principles -- Legal and policy framework -- The health sector as a workplace -- Occupational safety and health -- Exposure incident management -- Care, treatment and support -- Knowledge, education and training -- Research and development -- Appendix 1. International basis for action -- Fact sheets 1. Hazard characterization: hepatitis and HIV viruses -- 2. The occupational safety and health management cycle -- 3. Model for a hospital OSH management systems structure -- 4. Hierarchy of controls applied to risk of blood-borne pathogen exposure -- 5. Preventing nosocomial HIV infection using standard precautions -- 6. Injection safety -- 7. Measures to reduce risks during surgical procedures -- 8. Sterilization and high-level disinfection methods -- 9. Safe management of wastes from health-care activities -- 10. Summary outline for the management of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens -- 11. Workplace education and training --12. Selected international sources of HIV/AIDS-related policy, and regulatory and technical information available on the Internet.