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| permission to care given by the victim to rescuer |
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| Direct Contact Transmission |
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| occurs when infected blood or body fluids from one person enter another person's body at a correct entry site |
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| the passage of a disease from one person to another |
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| legal concept that assumes a person would consent to receive emergency care of he/she were physically able to do so |
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| occurs when a person touches objects that have the blood or body fluid of an injected person, and that infected blood or body fluid enters the body through a correct entry site. |
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| Personal Protective Equipment |
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| the equipment and supplies that help prevent the rescuer from directly contacting infected materials |
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| safety measures taken to prevent exposure to blood and body fluids when giving care to ill or injured persons |
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