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2. Body substance isolation - Wikipedia

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   Body substance isolation is a practice of isolating all body substances (blood, urine, feces, tears, etc.) of individuals undergoing medical treatment, particularly emergency medical treatment of those who might be infected with illnesses such as HIV, or hepatitis so as to reduce as much as possible the chances of transmitting these illnesses. [1]

3. Universal precautions - Wikipedia

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   Universal precautions are an infection control practice. Under universal precautions all patients were considered to be possible carriers of blood-borne pathogens. The guideline recommended wearing gloves when collecting or handling blood and body fluids contaminated with blood, wearing face shields when there was danger of blood splashing on mucous membranes ,and disposing of all needles and ...

4. Needlestick injury - Wikipedia

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   OSHA Bloodborne Pathogen Standard (BBPS) Bloodborne Pathogens and Needlestick Prevention, from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Workplace Safety Standards and Regulations; NIOSH Bloodborne Infectious Diseases Topic Page; OSHA Standard – Bloodborne Pathogens Training for handling BBP

5. Six Essential Steps to Reducing the Impact of a Bloodborne ...

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6. Transmission-based precautions - Wikipedia

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   Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...

7. Outline of infectious disease concepts - Wikipedia

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   The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to concepts related to infectious diseases in humans.. Infection – transmission, entry/invasion after evading/overcoming defense, establishment, and replication of disease-causing microscopic organisms (pathogens) inside a host organism, and the reaction of host tissues to them and to the toxins they produce.