Test

Precautions used for patients known or suspected to be infected with transmitable pathogens

Through the skin.

EDTA

To prevent clotting

Practices that alter the way a task is performed to reduce the exposure of bloodnborne pathogens

• -Revision and updating of exposure control Plan
• -Employee input
• -Modification of definitions
• -New record keeping

Devices that isolate or remove a bloodborne pathogen hazard

Someone who has little resistance to an infectious agent

Personal Protective Equipment

Requires every healthcare institution to have an infection control plan

Transmission of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal

OSHA Hazardous Communication Standard

The latest way of looking at the chemistry of a fire by add the chemical reaction to the traditionel fire triangle of fuel, heat, and oxygen

centers for disease control and prevention

charged with investigation and control of disease with epidemic potential

Designed to reduce occupational exposure to BBPs

white blood cells

Combat infection and remove disintegrated tissue

Infection acquired in a healthcare facility

Inanimate object that can harbor infectious agents

National Institute fo Occupational Safety and Health

Conduct reasearch and make recommendations for prevention of work related injury and illness

Seporate patients with certain transmissible infections

Lithium heporin and gel

Prevents clotting and plasma separation

Measures taken to keep healthcare workers and others from transmitting infections to a patient

below the skin

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

amount or concentration of a substance in a solution

amount of antibodies in a patients blood

most common vein used for venipuncture

red blood cells

carry O2 from the lungs to the body and transports CO2 from cells to lungs

tunica, luman, and valves

transfer of an infectious agent to a susceptible host through direct of indirect contact

• 1.stand back and dont touch sink
• 2.turn on water and wet hands
• 3.apply soap
• 4.scrub all surfaces
• 5. rub hands together vigorously
• 6.rings frin wrist to finger tips
• 7.dry hands with clean towel
• 8.turn of water with clean towel

microbe capable of causing disease

human immunodeficiency virus

casuses aids

protected from or resistant to a particular disease or infection

carry blood away from the heart

through mucous membranes

capable of causing disease

transmission of an infectious agent through contaminated food, water, drugs, or blood transfusion

microorganism

microscopic or not visible to the naked eye

how much antibodies

positive of negative antibodies

prevents blood from flowing back

internal space of a vessel which blood flows through

abnormally small number of neautrophil cells in blood

arteries, veins and capillaries

outbreaks of infections or disease with epidemic potential

plasma contains fibrinogen and pulls out the clotting factors

precations to use for all patients

the sorce of an infectios microorganism

Hepatitis C Virus

Environmental Protection Agency

regulates the disposal of hazadous waste

• 1.pale,cold and clammy skin
• 2.rapid, weak pulse
• 3.increased breathing rate
• 4.expressionless face

events that when present in a series lead to an infection

outer layer of blood vessel

biological hazard

anything harmful to health

carry blood to the heart and other parts of the body

transmission of disease by dispersal of evaporated droplet nuclei containg an infectios agent

any route other that the digestive tract

cellular elements that play a roll in blood clotting

hepatitis b virus

transfer of an infectious agent to the membranes of the mouth, nose, or eyes via infectios droplet generated by coughing, sneezing, or talking

healtcare infection control practices advisory comitee

• 1.infectious agent
• 2.reservoir
• 3.exit pathway
• 4.means of transmission
• 5.entry pathway
• 6.susceptible host

the pathogen that causes an infection

bloodborne pathogens

infectious microorganisms in blood or body fluids