EMP can damage unprotected electronic equipment, such as radios, radars, televisions, telephones, computers, and other communication equipment and systems.
In the unlikely case of a spill which involves unprotected surfaces or equipment, or in which an aerosol may have been produced, the cognizant Safety Officer will be consulted to determine appropriate decontamination procedures.
In our study, injecting with clients was associated with three-fold higher odds of HIV infection, which could be a marker of HIV transmission occurring through shared injection equipment or unprotected sex.
While the use of contaminated injection equipment and unprotected sexual intercourse account for the majority of infections worldwide, other routes of HIV transmission have received less attention.
Receptive needle sharing with friends, sharing other injection equipment, and unprotected sex with primary and casual partners were also found to be similar among female and male IDUs.
Behavioural and socio-demographic information is essential in monitoring of blood-borne infections, as transmission of these infections in PWID strongly depends on specific risk behaviour, such as sharing of injection equipment and unprotected sex.
Artisanal diamond mining in alluvial deposits along river banks consists of informal digging with basic equipment (often with unprotected hands and feet).
Before the questionnaire, interviewers read a script reminding them that HIV can be transmitted through sharing drug equipment and having unprotected sex, that HIV is the cause of AIDS, and that there is currently no cure.
By using the collection surfaces of equipment instead of the unprotected area, empty areas where no equipment is to be protected are eliminated from contributing to the failure analysis.
