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| anything potentially harmful to health |
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| Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
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| the division of the US Public Health Service (PHS) charged with the investigation and control of disease with epidemic potential |
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| a number of components or events that, when present in a series, lead to infection |
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| devices such as sharps containers and needles with safety features that isolate or remove a BBP hazard from the workplace |
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| Environmental Protection agency |
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| a federal agency that regulates the disposal of waste |
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| chemical rxn, fuel, heat, and oxygen |
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| inanimate objects such as countertops and computer keyboards that can harbor material containing infectious agents |
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| Healthcare Associated Infection |
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| Hazard Communication Standard |
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| OSHA requires employers to maintain documentation on all hazardous chemicals |
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| Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee |
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| human immunodeficiency virus |
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| protected from or resistant to a particular disease or infection because of the development of an antibody through vaccination or recovery from the disease |
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| infectious/causative agent |
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| the pathogen responsible for causing an infection |
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| procedures intended to separate patients with certain transmissible infections from contact with others |
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| Material Safety and Data Sheet |
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| a written document containing general info as well as precautionary and emergency info for any product with a hazardous warning in the label |
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| pertaining to an abnormally small number of neutrophils in the blood |
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| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health |
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| an infection acquired in a healthcaer facility |
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| most common nosocomial infection |
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| Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
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| administration by any route other than the digestive tract |
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| capable of causing disease |
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| microbes capable of causing disease |
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| personal protective equipment |
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| the source of an infectious microorganims |
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| procedures to protect a patient susceptible to infection by restricting the patients contact with others |
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| precautions intended to minimize the risk of infection transmission when caring for all patients regardless of their status. Applies to blood, all body fluids (except sweat), nonintact skin and mucous membranes |
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| an individual who has little resistance to an infectious agent |
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| transmission based precautions |
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| cautions used in addition to standard precautions for patients known or suspected to be infected or colonized with highly transmissible or epidemically significant pathogens |
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| transmission of an infectious agent by an insect, arthropod, or animal |
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| transmission of an infectious agent through contaminated food, water, drugs, or the transfusion of blood |
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| practices that alter the manner in which a task is performed so as to reduce the likelihood of BBP exposure |
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