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Acquired immunity



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Immunity that is developed during a person's lifetime.
Acute infection



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An infection of short duration that is often severe.
Anaphylaxis



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Extreme hypersensitivity to a substance that can lea to shock and life-threatening respiratory collapse.
Artificially acquired immunity



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Immunity that results from a vaccination.
Blood-borne disease



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Disease such as HBV, HCV, or HIV infection that is caused by microorganisims such as viruses or bacteria that are carried in blood.
Blood-borne Pathogens



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Disease-causing organisms trnasferred through contact with blood or other body fluids.
Chain of infection



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Conditions that all must be present for infection to occur.
Chronic infection



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An infection of long duration.
Communicable disease



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Condition caused by an infection that can be spread from person to person or through contact with body fluids.
Contaminated waste



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Items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids of patients.
Direct contact



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Touching or contact with a patient's blood or saliva.
Droplet infection



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An infection that occurs through mucosal surfaces of the eyes, nose or mouth.
Epidemiologic studies



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Studies of the patterns and causes of disease.
Hazardous waste



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Waste that poses a danger to humans or to the environment.
Immunity



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Ability of the body to resist disease.
Indirect contact



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Touching or contact with a contaminated surface or instrument.
Infectious disease



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Disease that is communicable.
Infectious waste



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Waste that is capable of transmitting an infectious disease.
Inherited immunity



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Immunity that is present at birth.
Latent infection



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Persistant infection with recurrent symptoms that "come and go".
Naturally acquired immunity



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Immunity that occurs when a person has contracted and is recovering from a disease.
Occupational exposure



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Any reasonably anticipated skin, eye, or mucous membrane contact or percutaneous injury involving blood or any other potentially infectious materials.
OSHA Blood-borne Pathogens (BBP)Standard


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Guidelines designed to protect employees against occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
Pathogen



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Disease-causing organism.
Percutaneous



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Through the skin, such as with a needle stick, cut or human bite.
Permucosal



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Contact with mucous membranes, such as the eyes or mouth.
PPE



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Presonal Protective equipment. Items suah as protective clothing, masks, gloves and eyewear used to protect employees.
Sharps



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Pointed or cutting instruments, including needles, scalpel blades, orthodontic wires and endodontic instruments.
Standard precautions



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Standard of care designed to protect healthcare providers from pathogens that can spread by blood or any other body fluid via excretion or secretion; expands upon the concept of Universal Precautions.
Universal Precautions



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Guidelines based on treating all human blood and body fluids (including saliva) as potentially infectious.
Virulence



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Strength of a pathogen's ability to cause disease; also know as pathogenicity.