occupational exposure
Medical term Infection Control and Safety
Reasonably anticipated contact with blood or OPIM that may result from an employee's job duties.
Related terms
- OPIMOther potentially infectious materials: body fluids and tissues treated like blood under the OSHA Bloodborne…
- 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.
- N95 respiratorA tight-fitting respirator that filters very small airborne particles; it must be fit-tested.
- 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.
- portal of exitThe route by which a pathogen leaves its reservoir.
Study Infection Control and Safety