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Acquired immunity
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Immunity that is developed during a person's lifetime.
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Acute infection
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An infection of short duration that is often severe.
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Anaphylaxis
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Extreme hypersensitivity to a substance that can lea to shock and life-threatening respiratory collapse.
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Artificially acquired immunity
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Immunity that results from a vaccination.
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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.
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Blood-borne Pathogens
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Disease-causing organisms trnasferred through contact with blood or other body fluids.
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Chain of infection
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Conditions that all must be present for infection to occur.
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Chronic infection
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An infection of long duration.
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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.
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Contaminated waste
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Items such as gloves and patient napkins that may contain potentially infectious body fluids of patients.
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Direct contact
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Touching or contact with a patient's blood or saliva.
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Droplet infection
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An infection that occurs through mucosal surfaces of the eyes, nose or mouth.
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Epidemiologic studies
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Studies of the patterns and causes of disease.
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Hazardous waste
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Waste that poses a danger to humans or to the environment.
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Immunity
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Ability of the body to resist disease.
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Indirect contact
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Touching or contact with a contaminated surface or instrument.
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Infectious disease
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Disease that is communicable.
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Infectious waste
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Waste that is capable of transmitting an infectious disease.
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Inherited immunity
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Immunity that is present at birth.
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Latent infection
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Persistant infection with recurrent symptoms that "come and go".
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Naturally acquired immunity
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Immunity that occurs when a person has contracted and is recovering from a disease.
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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.
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OSHA Blood-borne Pathogens (BBP)Standard
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Guidelines designed to protect employees against occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
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Pathogen
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Disease-causing organism.
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Percutaneous
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Through the skin, such as with a needle stick, cut or human bite.
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Permucosal
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Contact with mucous membranes, such as the eyes or mouth.
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PPE
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Presonal Protective equipment. Items suah as protective clothing, masks, gloves and eyewear used to protect employees.
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Sharps
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Pointed or cutting instruments, including needles, scalpel blades, orthodontic wires and endodontic instruments.
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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.
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Universal Precautions
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Guidelines based on treating all human blood and body fluids (including saliva) as potentially infectious.
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Virulence
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Strength of a pathogen's ability to cause disease; also know as pathogenicity.
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