occupational exposure
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Reasonably expected contact with blood or OPIM through the skin, eyes, mucous membranes or punctures as part of one's job duties (OSHA).
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- OPIMOther potentially infectious materials: fluids such as semen, CSF and any visibly bloody fluid, plus unfixed…
- OSHAOccupational Safety and Health Administration: part of the U.S. Department of Labor; it writes and enforces…
- needlestick injurySkin puncture by a used needle. Wash with soap and water, report at once, and get a prompt medical evaluation.
- Needlestick Safety and Prevention ActFederal law signed November 6, 2000, that amended OSHA's Bloodborne Pathogens Standard: safer devices, a…
- negligenceHarm caused by failing to act with the care a reasonable person in the same role would use. A claim requires…
- Notice of Privacy PracticesDocument a covered entity must give patients describing how their PHI may be used and shared and the privacy…
- pathogenAny disease-causing microorganism, such as the bloodborne viruses HBV, HCV and HIV.
- portal of entryHow a pathogen gets into a new host, for example through a needlestick, broken skin or a mucous membrane.
- portal of exitHow a pathogen leaves its reservoir, for example in blood from a puncture site or in droplets from a cough.
- proficiency testingOutside testing of unknown samples to check a lab's accuracy; CLIA does not require it for waived tests, but…
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