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14 Cards in this Set
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OSHA |
Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
Protects employees in the work place |
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General duty clause |
Requires an employer to maintain a workplace free of hazards that cause death or serious injury |
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CDC |
Centers for Disease Control |
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MSDS |
Medical safety data sheets have information about hazardous substances and materials |
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Hazard label |
A shortened version of MSDS |
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Ergonomics |
The study of the way people work |
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Cycle of infection |
1. Reservoir host 2. Means of exit 3. Means of transmission 4. Means of entrance 5. Susceptible host |
Five elements |
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Pathogen |
A microorganism capable of causing disease |
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Reservoir host |
Animal, insect, or human whose body is capable of sustaining the growth of a pathogen |
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Fomite |
An inanimate reservoir, like a doorknob |
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Carrier |
A reservoir host who was unaware of the presence of the pathogen and spread the disease |
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Endogenous infection |
When your body process malfunction and turns helpful microorganisms into harmful pathogens |
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Exogenous infection |
Introduces pathogens from outside the body. |
Touching an open wound with dirty hands |
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Means of exit |
Nose, mouth, feces, urine, semen,blood |
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