APIC position paper: Prevention of device-mediated bloodborne infections to health care workers

The original position paper on this issue was developed by thc APIC 1992 Go vernmental Affairs Committer and published in AJIC: American Journal of Inf ection Control (1993:21:76-8). The 1997 and 1998 APIC Guidelines Committees have revised this paper with new information pertinent to the prevention o f occupationally acquired infections in health care providers. The Associat ion for professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Inc (APIC), is a multidisciplinary, voluntary, international organization of professional s who practice infection control and the application of epidemiology in all health settings. As an international lender in prevention and control of i nfections. APIC supports efforts to reduce and eliminate device-mediated bl oodborne infections.