universal precautions
Medical term Infection Control and Safety
The OSHA approach of treating all human blood and certain body fluids as if known to be infectious.
Related terms
- OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration: the federal agency that sets and enforces workplace safety…
- 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.
- transmission-based precautionsExtra precautions (contact, droplet or airborne) added to standard precautions for patients with certain…
- 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.
Study Infection Control and Safety