Safety In Health Care

The precautions that health care workers must take to ensure safety are quite similar to the prevention of HIV. There are programs and classes, health care workers must take to learn how to prevent HIV and prevent it from spreading. For example, blood safety is one precaution that aims to strengthen blood transfusion services to ensure that all blood units are collected from healthy donors who are suitable to donate by screening for transfusion infections such as HIV. This also goes for the same for the prevention of HIV to ensure the safe disposal of needles, blood collection bags, and safe waste management.

Another important precaution that needs to be considered is implementing intervention on the prevention of HIV and other transmitted diseases. This would allow all healthcare workers to be informed about the precaution needed. For example, certain rules such as the zero-tolerance policy on HIV/AIDS and other blood-borne diseases in the health field. Another guideline that is both used by healthcare workers that are specific to the prevention of HIV infection is aiming to remove and control exposure to certain hazardous such as diseases in the workplace. This can be accomplished …show more content…
There are many programs and classes healthcare workers need to take before working in the health field to ensure safety not only for ourselves but for those in our environment. Working on guidelines designed to prevent the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV or AIDS can guarantee that all standards and precautions are being met. As well as having blood safety, safe waste disposal and standard precautions are taken place as well as other guidelines can help ensure the protection of everyone in the health field including the patients. In the end, following proper guidelines and rules will ensure the safety of everyone in the healthcare