exposure incident
Medical term Infection Control and Safety
Contact of an eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonintact skin or parenteral route with blood or other potentially infectious materials during work.
Related terms
- parenteralA route that bypasses the digestive tract, such as an injection.
- endemicA disease constantly present in a particular geographic area.
- engineering controlsDevices that isolate or remove a bloodborne pathogen hazard, such as sharps containers and safety-engineered…
- 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.
- fomiteAn object or surface that can carry pathogens from one person to another.
- fungusAn organism from the kingdom Fungi; some fungi cause infections.
- healthcare-associated infectionAn infection a patient acquires while receiving health care.
- herd immunityProtection of a community when enough people are immune to a disease to limit its spread.
Study Infection Control and Safety