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"HIV" means...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
........................... mean any contaminated objects that can penetrate the skin including,but not limited to
needles,scalpels,brokenglass,capillary tubes, and exposed ends of dental wires.
Contaminated Sharps
Reasonable anticipated skin,eye,mucous membrane, or parenteral contact with blood, or other
potentially infectious materials that may result from the performance of an employee's duties is
called....
Occupational exposure
Any individual ,living or dead,whoseblood,or other potentially infectious materials nay be a sourse of
occupational exposure to the employee is called a ...
source individual
To use a physical chemical procedure to destroy all microbial life including highly resistant bacterial
endospores is to...
Sterilize
............ is the single most important source of HIV and HBV in the workplace.
Blood
The risk of infection with HIV following one needle-stick exposure to blood from a patient known to be
infected with HIV is approximately......
0.50%
General infection-control procedures are designed to prevent transmission of a wide range
of ................ and to provide a wide margin of safety in the varied situations encountered in the health-
care environment.
Microbiological Agents
"Contact with blood, or other body fluids to which universal precautions apply through percutaneous
inoculation, or contact with an open wound, non-intact skin, or mocous membrane during the
performance of normal duties" This definition(found in the Federal Register) applies to .....
Human Exposure
All workers whose jobs involve participation in tasks, or activities with exposure to blood,or other body fluids to
which universal precautions apply,should be vaccinated with................... vaccine.
Hepatitis B