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Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. HMSO, London.

Health and Safety Commission (2001) Legionnaires’ Disease: The Control of Legionella Bacteria in Water Systems. Approved Code of Practice and Guidance, 3rd edn (L8). Health and Safety Executive, London.

Health Protection Agency (2005) Occupational Transmission of HIV: Summary of Published Reports March 2005 Edition: Data to December 2002. Health Protection Agency, London. www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1194947320156.

Health Protection Agency (2008) Eye of the Needle: United Kingdom Surveillance of Significant Occupational Exposures to Bloodborne Viruses in Healthcare Workers. Health Protection Agencyn London. www.hpa.org.uk/web/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1227688128096.

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Hospital Infection Society/Infection Control Nurses Association (2007) The Third Prevalence Survey of Healthcare-associated Infections in Acute Hospitals in England 2006: Report for Department of Health England. Department of Health, London. www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/documents/digitalasset/dh_078389.pdf.

Infection Control Nurses Association (2002) A Comprehensive Glove Choice. Fitwise, Edinburgh.

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Lefebvre, S., Waltner-Toews, D., Peregrine, A. et al. (2006) Prevalence of zoonotic agents in dogs visiting hospitalized people in Ontario: implications for infection control. Journal of Hospital Infection, 62 (3), 458–466.

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NMC (2008a) The Code: Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics for Nurses and Midwives. Nursing and Midwifery Council, London. www.nmc-uk.org/aDisplayDocument.aspx?documentID=5982.

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