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Medical term Infection Control and Safety
Devices that isolate or remove a bloodborne pathogen hazard, such as sharps containers and safety-engineered needles.
Related terms
- pathogenA microorganism that causes disease.
- sharpsObjects that can puncture or cut skin, such as needles, lancets, scalpels and broken glass.
- disinfectionRemoving or killing pathogens on objects and surfaces; even high-level disinfection may not destroy all…
- droplet precautionsA mask for close contact with patients whose infections spread by respiratory droplets, such as influenza or…
- droplet transmissionSpread of pathogens in respiratory droplets released by coughing, sneezing or talking.
- endemicA disease constantly present in a particular geographic area.
- epidemicMore cases of a disease in a community or region than normally expected.
- exposure control planAn employer's written OSHA plan to eliminate or minimize employee exposure to bloodborne pathogens.
- exposure incidentContact of an eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonintact skin or parenteral route with blood or other…
- fomiteAn object or surface that can carry pathogens from one person to another.
Study Infection Control and Safety