transmission-based precautions
Medical term Infection Control and Safety
Extra precautions (contact, droplet or airborne) added to standard precautions for patients with certain infections.
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- standard precautionsInfection prevention practices used with every patient, including hand hygiene, PPE based on expected…
- sharpsObjects that can puncture or cut skin, such as needles, lancets, scalpels and broken glass.
- sterilizationA process that destroys all microorganisms, including bacterial spores, on an object.
- surgical asepsisSterile technique: practices that keep an area completely free of microorganisms during invasive procedures.
- susceptible hostA person at risk of becoming infected.
- universal precautionsThe OSHA approach of treating all human blood and certain body fluids as if known to be infectious.
- vector transmissionSpread of a pathogen by a living carrier such as a mosquito or tick.
- virusA tiny infectious agent of genetic material in a protein coat; it can multiply only inside host cells.
- work practice controlsChanges in how a task is done that reduce exposure risk, such as banning two-handed needle recapping.