Aims of SafeHandS

To develop a network of health care workers and institutions to promote:

• Sharing of information between health care workers and institutions about health care worker safety
• Policy development and program implementation to improve health care workers' safety
• Optimal care for people with blood borne viruses (especially HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C) and other communicable diseases
• Practical steps to deal with issues of stigma and discrimination which might otherwise act against optimum health outcomes.