ROUTES OF HIV TRANSMISSION

• Injury with needles or sharp instruments contaminated with blood, body fluids
• Contact between open wounds, broken skin (for example, dermatitis), mucous membranes, and contaminated blood, body fluids
• Transfusion of infected blood or blood products

PREVENTING TRANSMISSION OF INFECTION

Take care of your patients, your co-workers and yourself:

• Do not recap needles
• Set up sharps containers where sharps are used
• Do not use same injection set on more than one patient
• Dispose of your own sharps
• Pass needles, scalpels, scissors with care and consideration

Every hospital should have clear guidelines for management of injury or exposure to infectious materials