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- - - - NNLW - Notifiable Non-licensed work
      - LIC - licensed work (permission regime)
      - NON - Not notifiable and not licensed
- - - - HIV - symptoms include fever, swelling of lymph nodes, person more prone to infections
      - Hepatitis B - symptoms include f;lu-like symptoms, nausea, yellowing of skin (effects Liver)
    - - Good personal hygiene, particularly hand-washing
      - Avoid risk from sharps such as needles
      - Use equipment with in-built safety features i.e. take sharp boxes to the needle to reduce unprotected transportation
      - Ensure contaminated waste is disposed of safely
      - Use disposable equipment where there is a risk of blood-borne virus e.g. disposable gloves for each incident
      - Ensure workers are aware of immediate steps to be followed upon contamination i.e. gently encourage bleeding and go to hospital
      - Decontamination and disinfection procedures - i.e. prophylactic course of treatment against infection such as HIV