N95 respirator
Medical term Infection Control and Safety
A tight-fitting respirator that filters very small airborne particles; it must be fit-tested.
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Related terms
- FITFecal immunochemical test: a stool test that detects hidden human blood.
- 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.
- medical asepsisClean technique: practices that reduce the number and spread of microorganisms.
- occupational exposureReasonably anticipated contact with blood or OPIM that may result from an employee's job duties.
- passive immunityImmunity from antibodies received from another source, such as an injection of antibodies.
- pathogenA microorganism that causes disease.
- portal of entryThe route by which a pathogen enters a new host.