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AIDS Reference Manual
- A summary of infection control planning
- Infection Control Guides
- HIV survival outside the body
- Laboratory studies on the survival of HIV
- First aid
- General health care workers' precautions
- Needlestick injuries and other accidents
- Guidelines for other accidents involving blood
- Caring for people with specific opportunistic infections
- Disinfection procedures
- Further guidance on disinfection
Guidelines for other accidents involving blood
First of all, physically wash away the contaminant:
- Blood in a cut or puncture: encourage the wound to bleed outwards by squeezing or pressing. Then wash it thoroughly with soap and water.
- Blood on the skin where there's no cut: wash with soap and water.
- Blood in the eyes: rinse while open with tap water and saline.
- Blood in the mouth: spit out, rinse with water and spit out again.
Then follow the Hepatitis B protocol, seek medical advice and report the accident.
