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2. Occupational infectious disease - Wikipedia

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   In the health sector, the most common occupational infections are blood-borne pathogens including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS; tuberculosis; [26] [27] methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); and respiratory infections such as coronaviruses (including COVID-19) and influenza.

3. Effective safety training - Wikipedia

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   To remain in accordance to the Federal regulations enacted by OSHA healthcare administrators must maintain an OSHA safety program and train their employees on an annual basis. Some of the topics that employees must be trained on include: Bloodborne Pathogen Standard; Chemical Hazard Communications; Tuberculosis Exposure Control; Mercury Exposure

4. Infection prevention and control - Wikipedia

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   The hazard in a health care setting is exposure to blood, saliva, or other bodily fluids or aerosols that may carry infectious materials such as Hepatitis C, HIV, or other blood borne or bodily fluid pathogen. PPE prevents contact with a potentially infectious material by creating a physical barrier between the potential infectious material and ...

5. Blood-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Blood can contain pathogens of various types, chief among which are microorganisms, like bacteria and parasites, and non-living infectious agents such as viruses. Three blood-borne pathogens in particular, all viruses, are cited as of primary concern to health workers by the CDC-NIOSH: HIV, hepatitis B (HVB), & hepatitis C (HVC). [2]

6. Hazard Communication Standard - Wikipedia

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   Workplace safety in the USA began long before Dr. Alice Hamilton in Chicago, [citation needed] who began working for the state of Illinois in 1910 to deal with workplace safety. [ 4 ] The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was established in 1970 to standardize safety for nearly all workers in the United States, and hazard ...

7. 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 ...