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Medical term Infection Control and Safety
An object or surface that can carry pathogens from one person to another.
Related terms
- 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.
- exposure incidentContact of an eye, mouth, other mucous membrane, nonintact skin or parenteral route with blood or other…
- 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.
- incubation periodThe time between entry of a pathogen into the body and the first symptoms.
Study Infection Control and Safety